Remembering Yitzak Rabin

Yitzhak Rabin was a good son of Israel who served his country with honor and dedication. His assassination was a heinous crime and the killer, Yigal Amir, should have been executed. However, the deification of Rabin by the Israeli Left is a gross insult to his memory, as the motive is purely political.

But there is no need for those many citizens who mourn and respect Rabin, yet reject defeatism, appeasement and self-flagellation, to abandon his legacy.

Let us remember the man whose military record was excellent, and who built a war machine which defeated three Arab armies in six days.

Let us remember the man who said at the start of the 1987 intifada, that we will break their bones.

Let us remember the man who warned that Israel should never give up the Jordan Valley.

Let us remember the man who warned the nation that would-be president Shimon Peres was an inveterate schemer.

And let us all remember the man who, when asked what would happen if the Palestinians attacked us from the areas we turn over to them, said: That will mean the end of them.

Rabin's legacy is too big to be squeezed into the Left's corner.