Yitzhak Rabin

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Yitzhak Rabin (1922 - 1995) Israeli statesman and prime minister. Yitzhak Rabin was murdered on the 4th of November 1995.

  • האדם אינו פלדה.
    הוא לב ונשמה, הוא בוכה וצוחק.
    הוא אוהב וכואב.
    הוא מסתער ונפצע וזועק.
    האדם הוא אדם.

Translation:
Humans are not made of steel.
They have a heart and a soul, they cry and laugh.
They love and hurt.
They attack, get injured and scream.
Humans are humans.

  • .אלימות היא כרסום יסוד הדמוקרטיה הישראלית. יש לגנות אותה, להוקיע אותה, לבודד אותה

Translation: Violence erodes the basis of Israeli democracy. It must be condemmed, denounced and isolated.

  • די לדם ולדמעות. די. אין בנו שנאה כלפיכם, אין אנו תאבי נקמה. אנו, כמוכם, אנשים שרוצים לבנות בית, לטעת עץ, לאהוב ולחיות לצידכם בכבוד, באהדה, כבני אדם, כבני חורין.

Translation: Enough blood and tears. Enough. We have no hatred towards you, we do not wish for revenge. We, as you, are people who want to build a house, to plant a tree, to love and live alongside you in dignity, support, as humans, as free people.

  • ".אנו יוצאים היום למלחמה שאין בה הרוגים ופצועים ולא דם ולא סבל. וזו המלחמה היחידה שתענוג להשתתף בה – המלחמה על השלום"

Translation: "We are embarking today on a war in which there are no fallen and injured, and not blood nor suffer. And it is the only war in which it is a pleasure to participate - the war for the peace."

    • At the White House, upon signing of the Oslo Agreements
  • "I, serial number 30743, Major General Yitzhak Rabin, am a soldier in the army of peace."
    • During a speech to the US Congress 1994.
  • Military cemeteries in every corner of the world are silent testimony to the failure of national leaders to sanctify human life.
    • From the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize lecture


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