Rabin gave his life for Israel murdered by a mentally ill fanatic
His wartime contribution is historic
Yours?
Few Jews in Israel of his era were not quasi socialists
But plenty were heroes of the formation and survival of Israel
Tarring them for leftism which was endemic in Israel founders baring few
Is no different than tarring our founders with slavery
Even Likud then was left leaning by our notions
Their conservatism was more nationalist and strength and religious....than political ideology
Oslo, my friend.
Oslo was a disaster and this was obvious from the start
the enemy remains in Occupation of Israeli land, especially the strategic high ground (and historically most significant Jewish areas)
and the enemy continues to launch all kinds of attacks and threats, and to train more terrorist murder thugs
enough already
There is much to say about Rabin’s accomplishments, but, in the minds of many people, they were all tarnished when he broke with the policy of not negotiating with terrorists. This was folly, will always be folly and it ended up costing the lives of thousands of Jews-the full butcher’s bill has not been paid even now, almost thirty years later. In a word, his hands are soaked in blood.
Like so many men in history, his disastrous, fatal error is not redeemed by whatever he did that was good. Same thing goes for Sharon: a great fighter, he committed the most horrific blunder, believing that the heirs of Hitler want peace with the Jewish people. He died in utter disgrace.
I don’t have to measure up to their accomplishments to make perfectly sound factual conclusions about their legacy.