Ask me what a Blotnik is. This Blog is my Public Blog. Sometimes in Hebrew. I have found that Books and the Internet have something in common, Life is to Short to read all the books you would like to read, (not those that you do not want). Also 24 Hours a day is not Enough for all you would like to do on the Internet!
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Thursday, November 24, 2005
Sonya Back again after a few years
Shalom Sam,
A friend found your e-mail address while painting my house, while moving my computer desk. I have so much to share and catch up with you about. Do you still have the stained glass you won with the raffle tickets you purchased for my daughters trip to Australia?
I think I told you that I thought I was a crypto Jew, back when we first started chatting years ago. Well my father finally addmitted to me 2 years ago that he has known since he was 6 years old that he was a Jew. I opened Bat-Tzyion Hebrew Learning Center, Inc. to have a place where the anousim/crypto jews can come and learn about their roots that were taken by force from us for the last 500 years. A year after opening the learning center, I met a Rabbi that was willing to work with those who were ready for their next steps, "making their return back to Judaism". I am almost done with my reversion/conversion. My daughter Rachel has transfered schools to be closer to Rabbi so she can start her process as well. I am very proud of her making this decsion to do her return as well. She is my only hope of rasing the next generation of Jew's in our family. My parents now celebrate shabbat with us, my Mom has done Pesach with us for 3 years now. We are waiting for my Mom's DNA testing to come back, my Dad and brother took the DNA test and it came back being what I suspected. We are levittical Jews. Even the research on my name showed that. "Loya" spelt in hebrew is Levi Ha, "Loya" was a province in Narvarra Spain, during the mid-evil times and was a very prominent Jewish community, it is a name found in the morrocan Jews. A friend of mine who's last name is also Cohen, his ex-sister in laws sister's name is Rachel Loya, her dad is Rabbi, they are Morrocan Jews. That is my daughter's name. Isn't life a an interesting journey? It will be good to hear from you and catch up.
Happy Thanksgiving and Ve Bracha's to you and your family.
Sonya Loya
Ruidoso, New Mexico
A friend found your e-mail address while painting my house, while moving my computer desk. I have so much to share and catch up with you about. Do you still have the stained glass you won with the raffle tickets you purchased for my daughters trip to Australia?
I think I told you that I thought I was a crypto Jew, back when we first started chatting years ago. Well my father finally addmitted to me 2 years ago that he has known since he was 6 years old that he was a Jew. I opened Bat-Tzyion Hebrew Learning Center, Inc. to have a place where the anousim/crypto jews can come and learn about their roots that were taken by force from us for the last 500 years. A year after opening the learning center, I met a Rabbi that was willing to work with those who were ready for their next steps, "making their return back to Judaism". I am almost done with my reversion/conversion. My daughter Rachel has transfered schools to be closer to Rabbi so she can start her process as well. I am very proud of her making this decsion to do her return as well. She is my only hope of rasing the next generation of Jew's in our family. My parents now celebrate shabbat with us, my Mom has done Pesach with us for 3 years now. We are waiting for my Mom's DNA testing to come back, my Dad and brother took the DNA test and it came back being what I suspected. We are levittical Jews. Even the research on my name showed that. "Loya" spelt in hebrew is Levi Ha, "Loya" was a province in Narvarra Spain, during the mid-evil times and was a very prominent Jewish community, it is a name found in the morrocan Jews. A friend of mine who's last name is also Cohen, his ex-sister in laws sister's name is Rachel Loya, her dad is Rabbi, they are Morrocan Jews. That is my daughter's name. Isn't life a an interesting journey? It will be good to hear from you and catch up.
Happy Thanksgiving and Ve Bracha's to you and your family.
Sonya Loya
Ruidoso, New Mexico
Saturday, November 12, 2005
Clinton at Rally Ten Years since assassination of former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin.
I was there of course, Minister of Justice Zipi Livni said she was not there 10 years ago and said that the Rally should not be Political. But all what she said was Political!
David Broza sang Yihiye Tov the way I like it : (Rak Tezu mehashetahim) and Amir Peretz and Shimon Peres both said that we should not wait in Peace Making.
From Haaretz: Tonight
w w w . h a a r e t z . c o m
Last update - 23:42 12/11/2005
Tens of thousands attend Rabin memorial rally
By Lily Galili and Roni Singer, Haaretz Correspondents and Haaretz ServiceSome 200,000 people on Saturday evening gathered in Rabin square, Tel Aviv, to take part in a memorial rally marking the 10th anniversary of the assassination of former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin by a far-right Jewish terrorist at the exact same square.The central speech at the rally was given by former U.S. president Bill Clinton, who forged a deep bond with Rabin as he sought to broker Mideast peace with the Palestinians and Israel's neighboring Arab states."I loved him very much, and I was in awe of his ability to move from being a soldier to being a peacemaker, a politician to a statesman," Clinton said."If he were here, he would say, 'There is enough of all this missing. If you really think I lived a good life, if you think I made a noble sacrifice in death, than for goodness sakes take up my work and see it through to the end,"' Clinton said."However many days Rabin had left, he gave them up on this spot for you and your future," he said. "He knew he was risking giving them up and he gave them up, too, for all the children of the Palestinians, who deserve the benefit and the blessings of a normal life, as well."On November 4, 1995, while leaving a peace rally, Rabin was assassinated by Yigal Amir, an extremist Jew who considered him a traitor for making concessions to the Palestinians.In his touching speech, Clinton said he "expected to be missing Yitzhak Rabin for the rest of my life."Clinton ended his speech by saying "Shalom Haver," Hebrew for "Goodbye friend," the same words he famously used to bid farewell to Rabin at the Israeli leader's funeral.Images of Rabin, who won a Noble Peace Prize for signing the Oslo interim peace accords with the Palestinians, played on a huge television screen towering over the square.Peretz: Path of Oslo is still aliveAfter receiving a last-minute invitation to the rally, newly-elected Labor Party Chairman Amir Peretz said in his speach that "the path of Oslo [peace process] is still very much alive."The Oslo peace process between Israel and the Palestinians, led by Rabin and then-deputy prime minister and foreign minister Shimon Peres, "is Israel's future and hope," said Peretz, whose victory on Wednesday over Shimon Peres in the Labor leadership vote raised a political storm."I have a dream that one day Israeli and Palestinian children will play together," he said."Violence is gnawing at the essence of Israeli democracy," Peretz said. "Violence is not only in the [Israeli-Palestinian] conflict, it's between us.""Had we stopped the violence in the territories, we would have stopped violence among us. The ongoing occupation in the territories is a recipe for the loss of values in Israel. We need a road map of morals.""Ending the occupation and a final status agreement are synonymous to protecting human values," he said.Peres: We mustn't delay peace processVice Premier Shimon Peres said at the rally that "there isn't one person here who doesn't know what the image of peace between us and the Palestinians will be.""We mustn't delay the peace process. Now is the time to return with full strength to a true peace, not only to build a fence against terrorists, but also to build gates for cooperation with our neighbors and the world.""Rabin," Peres said, "was a man who did not fear serving peace even when the nation was not ready to accept peace.""I stood here with him exactly 10 years ago. I was able to see what he saw, you wonderful people, you young people jumped into that pool there, cheering 'Long live peace, long live Yitzhak.' He was moved to the depths of his soul by that love and support." said Peres.82-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner Peres called on Israelis to "get into the political life, take the voyage of peace. Peace is in your hands, and I call on all of you to give your lives, to serve this country in its goals, its future; give a true thrust to peace, as Yitzhak did."Peretz hastly invitedUntil Thursday, Clinton was the planned star of the memorial. But Peretz's election as the new Labor leader and the political earthquake that ensued also have also impacted on the memorial. The event will be the first opportunity for left-wing parties and peace movements to react publicly to the new political reality wrought by Peretz's victory. No one on the Israeli left will want to miss out on the opportunity to differentiate themselves one from another in a large-scale public event to be broadcasted on TV channels in Israel and around the world. Amir Peretz was added to the list of speakers scheduled to address the memorial rally. The announcement came after two days of discussions among rally organizers. It is still unclear how Labor will choose to act at the memorial. Prior to the primary result and ensuing upheaval, the party acquiesced to a request by the Rabin Center organizing the memorial not to turn the rally into an internal party event. "Over the ten years we have learned that any diplomatic, security and political development influences the memorial," says Hemi Sell, who produces the memorial for the Rabin Center. "One must distinguish between what happens on stage and what goes on in the crowd," he adds. "I hope the parties and organizations would know to balance their actions at the rally."
David Broza sang Yihiye Tov the way I like it : (Rak Tezu mehashetahim) and Amir Peretz and Shimon Peres both said that we should not wait in Peace Making.
From Haaretz: Tonight
w w w . h a a r e t z . c o m
Last update - 23:42 12/11/2005
Tens of thousands attend Rabin memorial rally
By Lily Galili and Roni Singer, Haaretz Correspondents and Haaretz ServiceSome 200,000 people on Saturday evening gathered in Rabin square, Tel Aviv, to take part in a memorial rally marking the 10th anniversary of the assassination of former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin by a far-right Jewish terrorist at the exact same square.The central speech at the rally was given by former U.S. president Bill Clinton, who forged a deep bond with Rabin as he sought to broker Mideast peace with the Palestinians and Israel's neighboring Arab states."I loved him very much, and I was in awe of his ability to move from being a soldier to being a peacemaker, a politician to a statesman," Clinton said."If he were here, he would say, 'There is enough of all this missing. If you really think I lived a good life, if you think I made a noble sacrifice in death, than for goodness sakes take up my work and see it through to the end,"' Clinton said."However many days Rabin had left, he gave them up on this spot for you and your future," he said. "He knew he was risking giving them up and he gave them up, too, for all the children of the Palestinians, who deserve the benefit and the blessings of a normal life, as well."On November 4, 1995, while leaving a peace rally, Rabin was assassinated by Yigal Amir, an extremist Jew who considered him a traitor for making concessions to the Palestinians.In his touching speech, Clinton said he "expected to be missing Yitzhak Rabin for the rest of my life."Clinton ended his speech by saying "Shalom Haver," Hebrew for "Goodbye friend," the same words he famously used to bid farewell to Rabin at the Israeli leader's funeral.Images of Rabin, who won a Noble Peace Prize for signing the Oslo interim peace accords with the Palestinians, played on a huge television screen towering over the square.Peretz: Path of Oslo is still aliveAfter receiving a last-minute invitation to the rally, newly-elected Labor Party Chairman Amir Peretz said in his speach that "the path of Oslo [peace process] is still very much alive."The Oslo peace process between Israel and the Palestinians, led by Rabin and then-deputy prime minister and foreign minister Shimon Peres, "is Israel's future and hope," said Peretz, whose victory on Wednesday over Shimon Peres in the Labor leadership vote raised a political storm."I have a dream that one day Israeli and Palestinian children will play together," he said."Violence is gnawing at the essence of Israeli democracy," Peretz said. "Violence is not only in the [Israeli-Palestinian] conflict, it's between us.""Had we stopped the violence in the territories, we would have stopped violence among us. The ongoing occupation in the territories is a recipe for the loss of values in Israel. We need a road map of morals.""Ending the occupation and a final status agreement are synonymous to protecting human values," he said.Peres: We mustn't delay peace processVice Premier Shimon Peres said at the rally that "there isn't one person here who doesn't know what the image of peace between us and the Palestinians will be.""We mustn't delay the peace process. Now is the time to return with full strength to a true peace, not only to build a fence against terrorists, but also to build gates for cooperation with our neighbors and the world.""Rabin," Peres said, "was a man who did not fear serving peace even when the nation was not ready to accept peace.""I stood here with him exactly 10 years ago. I was able to see what he saw, you wonderful people, you young people jumped into that pool there, cheering 'Long live peace, long live Yitzhak.' He was moved to the depths of his soul by that love and support." said Peres.82-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner Peres called on Israelis to "get into the political life, take the voyage of peace. Peace is in your hands, and I call on all of you to give your lives, to serve this country in its goals, its future; give a true thrust to peace, as Yitzhak did."Peretz hastly invitedUntil Thursday, Clinton was the planned star of the memorial. But Peretz's election as the new Labor leader and the political earthquake that ensued also have also impacted on the memorial. The event will be the first opportunity for left-wing parties and peace movements to react publicly to the new political reality wrought by Peretz's victory. No one on the Israeli left will want to miss out on the opportunity to differentiate themselves one from another in a large-scale public event to be broadcasted on TV channels in Israel and around the world. Amir Peretz was added to the list of speakers scheduled to address the memorial rally. The announcement came after two days of discussions among rally organizers. It is still unclear how Labor will choose to act at the memorial. Prior to the primary result and ensuing upheaval, the party acquiesced to a request by the Rabin Center organizing the memorial not to turn the rally into an internal party event. "Over the ten years we have learned that any diplomatic, security and political development influences the memorial," says Hemi Sell, who produces the memorial for the Rabin Center. "One must distinguish between what happens on stage and what goes on in the crowd," he adds. "I hope the parties and organizations would know to balance their actions at the rally."
Thursday, November 10, 2005
Went to bed with Peres and woke up with Peretz!
Last update - 14:22 10/11/2005
Peretz vows to achieve peace, security for Israel
By Yair Ettinger, Mazal Mualem and Daniel Ben-Simon, Haaretz Correspondents
Several hours after he was announced as the new leader of the Labor Party, Histadrut Chairman Amir Peretz on Thursday returned to his political roots to outline his political vision as the Labor candidate for premiership.
The victory is an unexpected result and a blow to the Labor old guard by Histadrut labor federation chairman Amir Peretz who was named Thursday morning the new chairman of the Labor Party, defeating the incumbent and favorite, Vice Premier Shimon Peres.
Speaking near the grave of slain prime minister Yitzhak Rabin at the Mount Hertzl cemetery in Jerusalem, Peretz stressed that reaching a peace accord with the Palestinians is at the top of his political priority list.
"We will not rest until we reach a permanent agreement (with the Palestinians) that would secure a safe future for our children and that would provide us with renewed hope to live in a region where people lead a life of cooperation and not, God forbid, where blood is shed from time to time," Peretz said.
The new Labor chairman emphasized this move is a direct continuation of Rabin's political heritage: "I came today to make a vow to Rabin, once again, that I intend to do everything I can to continue his way, I intend to do everything I can so that [Rabin's] assassin would know he failed to murder peace."
Peretz recounted his long tenure as a loyal supporter of the late prime minister: "I was by Rabin's side in the days he struggled for his place in Israeli politics, I was with him in his days of isolation, and also in the days of overwhelming support from the people of Israel when they flooded him with warmth and admiration. I was also next to him on that dreadful night when we lost Yitzhak (Rabin) in the murder that shocked Israel and sought to severe and end his life and his way."
Soon after the official results were announced, the new Labor chief quickly reiterated his intention of pulling the party out of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's government, propelling the country into political disarray and advancing the likelihood of early general elections.
"We will notify the prime minister that we want to leave. We want to leave... certainly out of a desire to turn the Labor Party into an alternative that intends to take power in the next elections," he said.
"Amir will discuss with the prime minister an agreed date for an election," said Yuli Tamir, a Labor legislator and Peretz supporter.
Winner of a tightly-run raceThe voting result, which came at dawn, followed a tightly-run race between the two opponents, which initially showed a slight lead for Peres.
Peretz, a fiery union leader, wants to steer the party back to its socialist roots, pull out of the coalition and force early elections. His message has resonated with Israelis disenfranchised by government cuts in social spending and the country's growing gap between rich and poor.
Shortly after 6 A.M., amid cheering from Peretz's supporters, Labor Secretary-General Eitan Cabel announced that Peretz had won with 42.35 percent of the votes, while Peres was backed by 39.96 percent of voters. In third place was Benjamin Ben Eliezer, with 16.82 percent of the vote.
Cabel was quick to rebuff claims of fraud and irregularities in the elections, which caused Peres to issue a last minute call for a halt in the count.
The release of the vote's final results was stalled by several hours as the Labor election committee, led by Cabel, headed early Thursday morning to the vote counting center in Petah Tikva after several claims of fraud in polling stations.
Peres appeals against resultsIn a pre-dawn press conference, Peres called on Labor's legal institutions to look into claims of severe irregularities in polling stations in Sderot and Be'er Sheva, two Peretz strongholds.
Some of the vote results "raised exceptional doubts," Peres said. "It is unreasonable that in communities where I had a majority I have now dropped to seven votes."
"I expected a better evening," Peres said.
Sitting alongside Peres, former prime minister Ehud Barak said the outcome of the primaries did not reflect the will of the party's voters.
But several hours later, the election committee announced it had rejected Peres' claims of fraud and okayed the completing of the counting of the votes in the remaining 13 polling stations from a total of 318.
Peretz did not immediately respond to the accusations, but his supporters were already claiming victory.
The Peretz camp erupted into celebrations when the Histadrut chief took the lead in the vote count early Thursday, and Israel Radio said he was headed to party headquarters to make an announcement. The uncounted districts were believed to favor Peretz, and Israeli radio stations said his victory was imminent.
Implications for governmentThe outcome of the vote will have wide-ranging implications for the future of Sharon's shaky governing coalition, in which Labor is the junior member.
Peres had said that he would keep Labor in the government until the next elections scheduled in November 2006.
The 82-year-old politician led Labor into the government this year to shore up support for Sharon's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. The pullout divided Sharon's Likud Party, and without Labor support, the plan could not have been carried out.
Monday, November 07, 2005
Microsoft launches database, business programs. Microsoft's SQL Server 2005
Microsoft launches database, business programs
Mon Nov 7, 3:43 AM ET
Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT - news), the world's largest software maker, launched on Sunday its corporate database software program aimed at taking market share from Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq:ORCL - news).
Microsoft's SQL Server 2005, delayed several times as engineers sought to make the software more reliable and secure, is a corporate database program designed to store and retrieve business data.
Apart from databases, both Microsoft and Oracle are investing in business software, which allows companies to track customer accounts, manage payroll, finances and human resources.
Along with SQL (pronounced "sequel") Server, Microsoft also launched Visual Studio 2005, a software tools program used to create applications, and said it would launch a program for tracking business processes, called BizTalk Server 2006, next year.
"These three together continue to provide much better capabilities for the biggest enterprises," said Microsoft vice president Steve Guggenheimer. "For enterprise customers (these) give them another reason to look at Microsoft technology."
In order to promote the use of SQL Server and Visual Studio, Microsoft also said that it would offer free versions of the two programs for personal use so that individuals can create their own databases, Web sites and software programs.
The launch of SQL Server kicks off a busy year of product launches for Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft.
Later this month, Microsoft will start selling Xbox 360, its newest-generation video game machine, and is planning to launch next year new versions of its Windows and Office software.
Mon Nov 7, 3:43 AM ET
Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT - news), the world's largest software maker, launched on Sunday its corporate database software program aimed at taking market share from Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq:ORCL - news).
Microsoft's SQL Server 2005, delayed several times as engineers sought to make the software more reliable and secure, is a corporate database program designed to store and retrieve business data.
Apart from databases, both Microsoft and Oracle are investing in business software, which allows companies to track customer accounts, manage payroll, finances and human resources.
Along with SQL (pronounced "sequel") Server, Microsoft also launched Visual Studio 2005, a software tools program used to create applications, and said it would launch a program for tracking business processes, called BizTalk Server 2006, next year.
"These three together continue to provide much better capabilities for the biggest enterprises," said Microsoft vice president Steve Guggenheimer. "For enterprise customers (these) give them another reason to look at Microsoft technology."
In order to promote the use of SQL Server and Visual Studio, Microsoft also said that it would offer free versions of the two programs for personal use so that individuals can create their own databases, Web sites and software programs.
The launch of SQL Server kicks off a busy year of product launches for Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft.
Later this month, Microsoft will start selling Xbox 360, its newest-generation video game machine, and is planning to launch next year new versions of its Windows and Office software.
Friday, November 04, 2005
Do You Remember the 4th of November? Now Ten Years
The long shadow of Rabin's legacy
By James Reynolds
BBC News, Jerusalem
Ten years ago the prime minister of Israel addressed a rally in Tel Aviv.
Yitzhak Rabin defended his central gamble - you have to talk to the Palestinians, you have to give up land for peace.
Many Israelis agreed with him, but others did not.
Some made threats, but they were outweighed by an old certainty: Jews do not attack Jews. You are safe among your own.
But that night, a handful of bullets changed Israel's certainties for good.
Yitzhak Rabin was shot and killed by a religious student, Yigal Amir. Amir wanted to destroy the peace process.
Blessed
So, a decade on, did he get his wish?
What he did right now, pulling out of Gaza, is in the same path of my father's concept
Dalia Rabin-Pelosoff
Up until a couple of years ago, in the midst of the second Intifada, the answer was probably yes.
But then things changed. Ariel Sharon announced that he was getting Israel out of Gaza for good.
Mr Sharon's withdrawal has been blessed by the guardians of the Rabin legacy.
"What he did right now, pulling out of Gaza, is in the same path of my father's concept," says Dalia Rabin-Pelosoff, the daughter of the late prime minister.
"So if you want to call him a successor you may call him a successor. But he came to the same conclusion - that to be a Jewish, democratic, independent state we have to separate."
Different approach
So, Yitzhak Rabin's central concept - giving up land to the Palestinians - has survived his assassination.
Indeed it has become a defining principle in mainstream Israeli politics. But there is a key difference between the Rabin way and the Sharon way.
Rabin gave up land by negotiating with the Palestinians. Sharon has done it by ignoring them.
"The difference between them is that Rabin wanted a peace partner and searched for one till he found one," says Mohammed Dajani, a Palestinian academic.
"Sharon has a peace partner yet he cannot see how to deal with this peace partner."
Yigal Amir's bullets have left another legacy. The assassin destroyed the certainty that, no matter what, the Jewish people stick together.
Protection
The memory of the fate of Rabin has hung over Ariel Sharon.
"As soon as Ariel Sharon tried to follow in Rabin's footsteps he received the same threats. And unlike Rabin, Sharon is being guarded, protected, surrounded by 200 bodyguards," says Danny Ben Simon from Israel's Haaretz newspaper.
As soon as Ariel Sharon tried to follow in Rabin's footsteps he received the same threats
Ben Simon
"But I must say, as to the threat, we have not changed. Jews, radical Jews are still after any Prime Minister who dares touch the Holy Land."
But unlike Rabin, Sharon has survived. And the assassin Yigal Amir is still in a prison cell.
He may watch with pleasure, though, as Israel continues to ignore the Palestinians and build settlements.
Amir will be delighted that he has destroyed trust between the two sides, and that there is - as yet - no Palestinian state.
But in one important way the assassin's bullets did not work.
That other soldier politician Ariel Sharon has taken on board part of Yitzhak Rabin's concept... and he has given up land.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/4405740.stm
Published: 2005/11/04 04:47:38 GMT
By James Reynolds
BBC News, Jerusalem
Ten years ago the prime minister of Israel addressed a rally in Tel Aviv.
Yitzhak Rabin defended his central gamble - you have to talk to the Palestinians, you have to give up land for peace.
Many Israelis agreed with him, but others did not.
Some made threats, but they were outweighed by an old certainty: Jews do not attack Jews. You are safe among your own.
But that night, a handful of bullets changed Israel's certainties for good.
Yitzhak Rabin was shot and killed by a religious student, Yigal Amir. Amir wanted to destroy the peace process.
Blessed
So, a decade on, did he get his wish?
What he did right now, pulling out of Gaza, is in the same path of my father's concept
Dalia Rabin-Pelosoff
Up until a couple of years ago, in the midst of the second Intifada, the answer was probably yes.
But then things changed. Ariel Sharon announced that he was getting Israel out of Gaza for good.
Mr Sharon's withdrawal has been blessed by the guardians of the Rabin legacy.
"What he did right now, pulling out of Gaza, is in the same path of my father's concept," says Dalia Rabin-Pelosoff, the daughter of the late prime minister.
"So if you want to call him a successor you may call him a successor. But he came to the same conclusion - that to be a Jewish, democratic, independent state we have to separate."
Different approach
So, Yitzhak Rabin's central concept - giving up land to the Palestinians - has survived his assassination.
Indeed it has become a defining principle in mainstream Israeli politics. But there is a key difference between the Rabin way and the Sharon way.
Rabin gave up land by negotiating with the Palestinians. Sharon has done it by ignoring them.
"The difference between them is that Rabin wanted a peace partner and searched for one till he found one," says Mohammed Dajani, a Palestinian academic.
"Sharon has a peace partner yet he cannot see how to deal with this peace partner."
Yigal Amir's bullets have left another legacy. The assassin destroyed the certainty that, no matter what, the Jewish people stick together.
Protection
The memory of the fate of Rabin has hung over Ariel Sharon.
"As soon as Ariel Sharon tried to follow in Rabin's footsteps he received the same threats. And unlike Rabin, Sharon is being guarded, protected, surrounded by 200 bodyguards," says Danny Ben Simon from Israel's Haaretz newspaper.
As soon as Ariel Sharon tried to follow in Rabin's footsteps he received the same threats
Ben Simon
"But I must say, as to the threat, we have not changed. Jews, radical Jews are still after any Prime Minister who dares touch the Holy Land."
But unlike Rabin, Sharon has survived. And the assassin Yigal Amir is still in a prison cell.
He may watch with pleasure, though, as Israel continues to ignore the Palestinians and build settlements.
Amir will be delighted that he has destroyed trust between the two sides, and that there is - as yet - no Palestinian state.
But in one important way the assassin's bullets did not work.
That other soldier politician Ariel Sharon has taken on board part of Yitzhak Rabin's concept... and he has given up land.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/4405740.stm
Published: 2005/11/04 04:47:38 GMT
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