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.
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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."