WHERE DOES THE MIDEAST PEACE PROCESS STAND IN LIGHT OF THE ASSASSINATION OF YITZHAK RABIN?
What is tragic about the assassination of Rabin is that the climate in Israel was so hostile beforehand that the prime minister was “killed” far before he was shot down. Jewish extremists were not just saying “Death to the Arabs” in response to the peace treaty with Arafat; they were saying “Death to Rabin,” calling him a traitor and a murderer. The climate was ready for some crazy, very hot-headed Jew to massacre this man. We Palestinian Christians were shocked more than anybody else. But what shocks us even more than the death of Rabin is the prevailing climate now in Israel of hostility, accusations, and verbal assault. It’s very, very dangerous. If there were to be a fair international trial for the Rabin assassination, many would be judged as guilty because they prepared the assassin to kill this prime minister. WAS IT HARD FOR YOU TO ACCEPT RABIN AS A MAN OF PEACE GIVEN HIS PAST AS A WARRIOR WHO FOUGHT AGAINST ARABS? No matter what he once was, what matters for me is this: for wh
