[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 13, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S1978]
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  SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 46--RELATIVE TO THE LATE ISRAELI PRIME 
                             MINISTER RABIN

  Mr. INOUYE (for himself, Mr. D'Amato, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Smith, Mr. 
Mack, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Ford, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Helms, Mr. Heflin, Mr. 
Stevens, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Warner, Mr. Graham, and Mr. Craig) submitted 
the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Relations:

                            S. Con. Res. 46

       Whereas the late Prime Minister Rabin was an outstanding 
     Ambassador during his service in the United States;
       Whereas the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was a 
     chief architect of the military and nonmilitary ties between 
     the United States and Israel;
       Whereas the late Prime Minister Rabin was one of the 
     leading and more consistent and reliable friends of the 
     United States in the world;
       Whereas the late Prime Minister Rabin was a cornerstone of 
     the alliance between the United States and Israel in the face 
     of terrorism and radicalism;
       Wheras the late Prime Minister Rabin strengthened the 
     values of democracy, pluralism, and market economy, which are 
     at the foundation of both the United States and Israel;
       Whereas the late Prime Minister Rabin, the courageous 
     warrior, dedicated most of his life to Israel's independence 
     and security;
       Whereas the late Prime Minister Rabin devoted the latter 
     part of his life to the pursuit of lasting peace between 
     Israel and its neighbors;
       Whereas the American Promenade in Israel is a privately 
     funded project, expressing Israel's appreciation toward the 
     United States and commemorating the unique bonds of 
     friendship between the two countries;
       Whereas the American Promenade had earned the bipartisan 
     support of the top Israeli leadership, including the late 
     Prime Minister Rabin, Prime Minister Shimon Peres, former 
     Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, and Likud Chairman Benjamin 
     Netanyahu, as well as the leadership of the United States 
     Congress;
       Whereas the American Promenade will consist of 50 marble, 
     20 foot high monuments bearing the flags and the official 
     seals of the 50 States of this country and the United States-
     Israel Friendship Botanical Garden, featuring biblical and 
     State trees and flowers; and
       Whereas the late Prime Minister Rabin served as the 
     Honorary Chairman of the American Promenade: Now, therefore, 
     be it
       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That--
       (1) the Congress expresses its admiration of the legacy of 
     the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and his 
     contribution to the special relationship between the United 
     States and Israel; and
       (2) it is the sense of the Congress that the American 
     Promenade in Israel be named in memory of Prime Minister 
     Yitzhak Rabin as an extraordinary leader who served the cause 
     of peace and who furthered the special relationship between 
     the United States and Israel.

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