The truth we should remember about Yitzhak Rabin

Thousands of Israelis gathered on Saturday at the Tel Aviv square where Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated to mark the nineteenth anniversary of the prime minister's death and remember his call for peace. At the memorial, former Israeli president and foreign minister Shimon Peres said: “We’ve come to honor the memory of the greatest warrior for peace. We’ve come to say that his pursuit (of peace) lives on and will ultimately win."

Peres, who won the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize together with Rabin and Yasser Arafat, stressed that only peace with the Palestinians will secure the country’s future: “Israel will not have lasting security without peace. Israel will not have a stable economy without peace. Israel will not have a healthy society without peace. Israel will not preserve her Jewish and democratic character without peace.” “As long as there is no horizon for a diplomatic solution, we will continue to live from war to war," Peres said. "Ruling over another people is against our values as Jews. To pursue peace is a mitzvah. It’s also very practical - very Jewish." "To my regret, there's only an Arab Peace Initiative on the table. Where's the Israeli Peace Initiative?"