[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 175 (Tuesday, November 7, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2117]
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                TRIBUTE TO PRIME MINISTER YITZHAK RABIN

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                            HON. BOB FRANKS

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, November 7, 1995

  Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my 
sincere grief over the tragic and unexpected death of Prime Minister 
Yitzhak Rabin. Mr. Rabin was a great peacemaker, a great leader, and a 
great man, one who will be remembered for generations to come. To the 
entire world community, his death is a great loss.
  Yesterday, at the funeral ceremony, the President said that Yitzhak 
Rabin was not only a martyr for peace, but also a victim of hate. Mr. 
Speaker, in the 1990's this kind of hate has plagued the world with its 
destruction. We saw it in the refugee camps of death in Rwanda; in the 
embattled streets of East Timor; and in the mass graves of Bosnia.
  Now, on the verge of a lasting peace in the volatile Middle East, we 
see this hatred in Israel. We see it in the bus bombings and in the gun 
shots in the Gaza Strip. And most recently we see it in the 
assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, a man who helped to bring about an 
agreement between Israel and Palestine on the White House lawn that in 
years past, people had only seen in their dreams.
  It is said that you can kill a man, but not an idea. Mr. Speaker, I 
challenge those who yearn for a new era of peace and an end to the 
hatred that fuels conflict throughout this world to join Israel, the 
Palestine Liberation Organization, the United States, and all other 
parties to help find a path to peace, so that Mr. Rabin's death will 
not be in vain.

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