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In reply to the discussion: Rightists Award Student Who Persecuted 'Left-Wing' Teacher [View all]Israeli
(4,182 posts)70. you are welcome Scootaloo...
and I apologies for my emotional reaction .
If you want to understand us ....understand this ....:
The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin in November 1995 affected her deeply. While Aloni continued to carry out her ministerial duties, she found herself increasingly at odds both with his replacement, Shimon Peres, and with many of the people she had recruited to Meretz. She therefore decided not to seek another term, retiring from the Knesset on the eve of the 1996 elections and distancing herself from the new Meretz leadership under the aegis of Yossi Sarid.
http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/aloni-shulamit
Rabin's assassination changed us Scootaloo .....it was a wake up call .
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OK - sorry, misread something when reading too fast. But people like that hate liberal Zionists too.
LeftishBrit
Feb 2014
#4
And yet I can see he was attempting to pull the politics of his country in a different direction
Scootaloo
Feb 2014
#36
with all due respect a question why did you feel it nessasary to paraphrase the poster
azurnoir
Mar 2014
#49
In the comment that is actually in question, not the one you chose he did agree with what I said
azurnoir
Mar 2014
#66
Uri Averny makes a good case for Rabin having had a legitimate change of heart
Scootaloo
Mar 2014
#63
Pull the other leg, Az.... If Rabin was a war criminal POS, nasty little racist asshole....
shira
Mar 2014
#78
"Its nowhere near identical ..... come on Scootaloo you cant possibly believe that . "
King_David
Feb 2014
#41