[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 163 (Wednesday, November 4, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H12293]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             ANNIVERSARY OF ASSASSINATION OF YITZHAK RABIN

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, today is the 14th anniversary of the 
assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.
  Yitzhak Rabin was the Prime Minister of Israel on November 4, 1995, 
when he was assassinated. He was one of the great men of the world, and 
like November 22 in our country, that is a date that we should all 
remember.
  Yitzhak Rabin served two terms as prime minister, from 1974 to 1977 
and 1992 to 1995. He also served as Defense Minister in Israel during 
the Six-Day War, and was responsible for the raid in Entebbe. He was a 
great Israeli leader who was killed because he reached out to bring 
about peace with the PLO. He was given the Nobel Peace Prize for his 
efforts.
  During his time as Prime Minister in the seventies, he brought about 
peace with Egypt, and in the nineties with Jordan and with the PLO and 
with Yasser Arafat.
  We had a debate on this floor yesterday about a resolution. I don't 
think we would have been having that debate if the assassin's bullet 
had not struck Yitzhak Rabin. I think we would have peace in the Middle 
East. It takes strong men like him, sometimes men of war, to bring 
about peace and reach across the aisle to their adversaries.

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