Yitzakh Rabin

"Today I stand before you, members of Knesset, and before the citizens of the State of Israel -- and in front of the entire world -- and as a Jew, as an Israeli, as a man and as a human being, I am shamed over the disgrace imposed upon us by a degenerate murderer. . . .

This murderer came out of a small and marginal political context. 

He grew in a swamp whose murderous sources are found here, and across the sea; they are foreign to Judaism. . . .

To him and to those like him we say: You are not part of the community of Israel. 

You are not part of the national democratic camp which we all belong to in this house, and many of the people despise you. 

You are not partners in the Zionist enterprise. 

You are a foreign implant. 

You are an errant weed. 

Judaism spits you out. 

You placed yourself outside the wall of Jewish Law.

You are a shame on Zionism and an embarrassment to Judaism.

A single, straight line connects the lunatics and racists of the entire world. 

A single line of blood and terrorism runs from the Islamic Holy War member who shot Jewish worshipers who stood in prayer in the synagogues of Istanbul, Paris, Amsterdam and Rome, to the Jewish Hamas member who shot Ramadan worshipers."

Yitzakh Rabin, 

Knesset Chamber Floor, 

March 1st 1994

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'It is incumbent upon you to turn over every stone to prevent war. Ehud, there is at least one stone you haven't turned over: 

Shimon Peres.'' 

Leah Rabin, October 2000

Footage of Miriam Oren's eye-witness account of the Yitzhak Rabin assassination was shown numerous times on the fateful night of November 4, 1995. But once Rabin's death was announced, it vanished.

This week, it was made available to the public via the internet for the first time in 11 years.

Miriam Oren of Ramat Gan was the director of a department in the Na'amat women's movement. She was on stage with Prime Minister Rabin during the Tel Aviv demonstration and escorted him to his car where convicted assassin Yigal Amir waited.

Miriam Oren on stage with Prime Minister Rabin

She emphatically stated again and again to Israel TV that Rabin was not hit:

Oren: "…Suddenly shots were heard and…"

TV: "Was Rabin injured?"

Oren: "Rabin was not wounded. I saw that Rabin was not wounded… Yes, there were shots. They pushed him [Amir] up against the wall, and Rabin's car sped out of here… I was standing very close to Rabin's car. Rabin put one foot in the car, and we heard shots. Rabin's car sped away."

TV: "Was Rabin wounded?"

Oren: "Rabin was not wounded. [Shaking her head] Rabin was not wounded. Rabin was not wounded.

TV: "Was he wounded?"

Oren: "No! No, I saw that he was not wounded."

TV: "How far were you from him?"

Oren: "I was one meter away."