[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 154 (Thursday, November 4, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S13924]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER YITZHAK RABIN'S 
                             ASSASSINATION

  Mr. MOYNIHAN. Mr. President, Today is the fourth anniversary of the 
assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. On October 25, 
1995, ten days before his assassination, Prime Minister Rabin spoke in 
the Rotunda of the capitol at a ceremony celebrating the passage of the 
Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995. The honor of introducing him fell to me. 
I said, ``History will honor him as the magnanimous leader of a brave 
people--brave enough to fight daunting odds--perhaps even braver still 
to make peace.'' Four years later as Israel and the Palestinians 
prepare to begin final status negotiations, I think it appropriate to 
remember the man who helped lead his people down this road to peace. I 
ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record my remarks on that 
occasion.
  There being no objection, the remarks were ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

   Remarks of Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan on the Passage of The 
 Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995, United States Capitol Rotunda, October 
                                25, 1995

       My pleasant and most appropriate task this afternoon is to 
     introduce one of Jerusalem's most illustrious sons.
       History will acknowledge him as the unifier of the City of 
     David--the Chief of Staff whose armies breached the barbed 
     wire and removed the cinder blocks that has sundered the city 
     of peace.
       History will honor him as the magnanimous leader of a brave 
     people--brave enough to fight against daunting odds--perhaps 
     even braver still to make peace.
       History will remember him as the last of the generation of 
     founders--the intrepid children of a two thousand year dream. 
     Almost certainly, the last Israeli Prime Minister to play a 
     leading role in the War for Independence, he was also the 
     first--and to this day the only--Prime Minister to be born in 
     the Holy Land.
       He is a proud son of Jerusalem. As a young man he dreamed 
     of a career as an engineer. But destiny had other plans and 
     he fought and led for almost half a century so that his 
     people could live in peace and security.
       Nobel Laureate, statesman, military hero, friend of our 
     nation where he served with distinction as an ambassador in 
     this very city, he honors us today by joining us in our 
     festivities--the Prime Minister of Israel, the Honorable 
     Yitzhak Rabin.

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