Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Photo: AJN file
AMNON MERANDA
JERUSALEM - The Knesset plenum convened for a special session commemorating the 14th anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Thursday.
“The secret to Rabin’s charm, for me, was the fact that he was first and foremost a patriot,” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said as he took the podium. “That fateful night saw a heinous killer point a gun at Rabin’s bare back and a patriot taken down by a murderer who fired a bullet at the heart of the nation.
“In every one of the positions he held in life, from the young warrior fighting for the country, to the premiership, he made decisions he thought would be in the public’s interest,” said the PM.
“We did not always see eye to eye, but even when we profoundly disagreed I always had the greatest respect for him because I knew that his decisions stemmed from what he believed was best for the country… still, even today, there are some who refuse to accept democratic choices and the preeminence of the law.
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