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26th anniversary of the assassination: The Knesset plenum convenes for a special meeting in memory of Yitzhak Rabin

At a meeting held in the presence of the President and President of the Supreme Court.

Speakers include the Deputy Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister, the Speaker of the Knesset, the Ministers of Defense, Justice and Transport, as well as the Chairman of the Opposition, who was publicly criticized after being absent from the official memorial service on Mount Herzl.

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Monday, 18 October 2021, 16:33 Updated: 17:22

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Live broadcast from the plenum

The Knesset plenum convenes tonight (Monday) for a special meeting in memory of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated 26 years ago in Tel Aviv by the assassin Yigal Amir.

This, as part of Rabin State Memorial Day, begins today, the twelfth of Cheshvan. The

meeting will be held in the presence of President Yitzhak Herzog and Supreme Court President Esther Hayut. Lapid, Defense Minister Bnei Gantz, Transportation Minister and Labor Party Chairman Merav Michaeli, Justice Minister Gideon Saar and Opposition Leader Benjamin Netanyahu.

The latter received public criticism after choosing to be absent from the official memorial service held earlier on Mount Herzl.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett arrived late for the plenum, and Lanach checked the silence.

In addition, most members of the Likud and Shas factions are not present at the discussion.

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Special meeting.

A picture of Rabin is in the Knesset building, a year ago (Photo: Official website, Knesset Spokeswoman - Shmulik Grossman)

Knesset Speaker Miki Levy opened the meeting. again. Because since that night we know it could happen. We ate from the poisoned fruit of the radical and inciting discourse, we felt the scorching heat of the flames rising in the streets and we saw how the political violence amounts to the assassination of an Israeli prime minister. "From then until today, we constantly draw the line between sharp statements that are legitimate as part of freedom of expression and dangerous incitement that could end in the assassination of a political leader."

He called on Knesset members to hold a dialogue responsibly.

"This house and its members have a huge impact on the way a political debate is conducted on the street and in the networks. We have a responsibility to the public to conduct the discourse in this house and the legitimate and difficult disputes between us with mutual respect and clean language," Levy said.

"In the midst of a heated debate we should always remember that we can influence the atmosphere on the street and miss the person at the end who will interpret us far-reaching and distorted and turn to violence. We can lose control of the arson we ignite. Let's manage the discourse responsibly."

Bennett in the Knesset, today (Photo: screenshot, Knesset channel)

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett gave a speech after him. "Everyone who experienced the night of November 4, 1995, will never forget the moment. On the night that Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated, I served as a lieutenant colonel in Magellan and was on a Saturday vacation in a movie in the center of Carmel. We went out socially and I darken the movie theater into much greater darkness and confusion. 'Rabin was shot,' they said, and we galloped home to my parents' house and on the way we heard that Rabin was dead. Shock that there are no words to describe. "Yitzhak Rabin, commander of the Harel Brigade during the War of Independence, Chief of Staff of the Great Victory in the Six Days, Prime Minister of Israel, murdered by a Jew," Bennett began. "The shame and embarrassment were great. First of all because of the man who was and is not. Night was a hard time because we did not really believe,We did not believe that such a thing could happen in our state of Israel that a Jewish assassin would wait with a loaded gun and fire three deadly bullets in the back of the Israeli prime minister. "

"I hope that since the assassination we have learned how dangerous violence is and how much it is a clear red line, I hope we also learned that it is forbidden to silence entire publics in our society. "Rabin - Yigal Amir assassinated Rabin," Bennett continued. "I mainly hope that we have learned that if God forbid we take revenge on each other in our country, if hatred can permeate and divide us, if we let generalizations take over the discourse, we will lose everything that lied to us all, and God forbid we will lose our country. "We take the state for granted. The State of Israel is not a matter of course, we must always not only work to strengthen its security on the outside, but to understand that we have lost our home on the inside in the past."

"Two great lessons from the murder and the period: Even if you are one hundred percent sure of the rightness of your path and you are sure that the other side is wrong, there are lines that are by no means crossed, no matter what. Violence of this kind is out of the question. In the only sin. The lesson is not that any party should give up its values, its ideology, its beliefs because of the murder. "Under no circumstances and under any circumstances do we raise one hand over the other," he stressed. "The government we formed actually implements these two lessons and brings a clear message that strengthens the common and the author between us, and I learn day by day how much this author is much bigger than the party, even though there are disagreements. As Israeli Prime Minister I want all Israeli citizens to feel welcome, all The sectors in the State of Israel,"Whether they have representation in the coalition or not in the coalition - you are welcome, we are everyone's government, we take care of everyone, we do not wave anyone, everyone is our citizen."

Herzog: "Make a voice of moderation"

Earlier, at the official memorial service in memory of Yitzhak and Leah Rabin on Mount Herzl, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said that "the people must not be torn apart, the house must not be burned."

Before him, the president called on politicians to make moderate voices, especially on social media.

"The advancement of technology, which is breaking new ground every day, has many benefits that change our lives from end to end. But unfortunately, it has also become an available and influential server tool for spreading incitement and hatred with unbearable ease," Herzog said in the nation's major division.

"I call on you, leaders of the state, designers and opinion leaders, citizens and citizens of this country, from this mountain, and I urge you: precisely in such a reality, especially in such a reality, make a voice of moderation, of reconciliation, of outreach, of mutual respect! Empower the common! And not the separator. And do it not only with your voice but also, and especially, with your keyboard! "

In another ceremony held earlier at the President's House, Yitzhak Rabin's grandson, Yonatan Ben-Artzi, spoke, saying that the split in Israeli society in recent years was reminiscent of the atmosphere that preceded the assassination.

"Not a year since my grandfather's murder has been an easy year for us. But I would not be surprised if I say that the last few years have been particularly difficult: hatred has once again flooded the streets; the split that tore Israeli society apart then, on the eve of the murder The people, "said Ben Artzi.

"Everywhere there was violence and incitement against all the citizens of the country who dared to think otherwise, or for themselves. The flashes of the night of November 95 reappeared in the nightmares of us all, as if another moment could happen again. The division, style and language are far worse than then; The same danger: from the gun of one abominable lunatic who was carried on top of an angry and agitated mob. "

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"But this year, 2021, was a turning point year," Ben Artzi said. "After dark years of fear and paralysis, the people of Israel raised their backs, and after a long war for freedom and the image of democracy - the people of Israel won. In the face of manifestations of verbal and physical violence, in a culture of tyranny and lies - the Israeli spirit won. You, like us, understand the need for unity, you too have long since exhausted unnecessary manners, and the need to cancel yourself in front of another. "Hate and incitement, and those who resort to violence to control. I call on you today - let's work for the public, instead of controlling it. The circus of screams - belongs to yesterday. Our peace, peace between us - belongs to tomorrow."

The Likud responded to Ben-Artzi's words: "Has the rule of the people defeated the rule of the individual? Quite the opposite.He is the only one who deceived the people in order to rob them of their power. "

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