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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (118289)	11/2/2003 1:32:15 PM
From: Eashoa' M'sheekha	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

100,000 mark 8 years since Rabin murder. ( Are these the " Liberals " you accuse of wishing genocide and feeling progressive?The parallels between America and Israel continue to narrow,following the same path to their own weakening,by the same narrow minded likeness in thought.15+++ American boys killed today.Tell their parents and loved ones peace is not an option. ) KC@Amisrial.Com By Anat Cygielman It was possibly the largest left-wing demonstration this country has seen for years. Over 100,000 people packed into Tel Aviv's Rabin Square last night to mark the eighth anniversary since the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. It may have been a "memorial ceremony," and Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai, former Mossad chief Ephraim Halevy and Rabin's former driver, Yehezkel Sharabi, may have been featured speakers, who talked of Rabin's "way," but the banners held up were all political and very specific: Leave the territories - save the country, The Geneva Accord - New Hope, etc. The message was clear - this was the left's demonstration, and not just a memorial service. This evening was touching and poignant. There were no angry shouts, no atmosphere of a fight. A polite, well-dressed, crowd listened quietly to the speeches and songs and clapped in all the right places but not too much. They cheered for Labor Party leader Shimon Peres, they cheered Shaike Levy when he mentioned Friday's desecration of the memorial. "The evil beast has once again raised his head," said Levy. "They have returned to here, to the memorial. A reminder for those who may have forgotten ... We will come back here, year after year, to say `yes' to peace, `no' to violence." Early Friday morning, vandals daubed swastikas on the monument on the spot where Rabin was gunned down on November 4, 1995 by Yigal Amir. A security guard at the adjacent city hall informed police Friday morning that vandals had painted swastikas in silver spray paint on the monument and scrawled "Kahane was right" - a reference to the extreme-right Kach leader Rabbi Meir Kahane - across a banner on the stage erected ahead of last night's event. Workers used high-pressured water sprays to clean the paint from the black memorial stones and plaque in the plaza. Some 1,500 police officers, bomb disposal experts and volunteers were present to provide security for last night's event. A middle-aged man in the audience who quietly watched the event said that he was one of those who came back every year, but not out of hope. "I am here out of inertia. Even here in the square, even here in the country. I think that the day of the murder was the day the country ended. The destruction of the Third [Jewish] Temple is just a matter of time." Unofficial police estimates put the number of people in Rabin Square last night at around 100,000. Levy, who acted as emcee last night, said that there were 150,000. "The largest rally since the first anniversary of Rabin's murder," he said. The presence of young people was particularly noticeable, many of them members of youth movements in their blue shirts. Beautiful and serious, not everyone could explain what they were doing there. Shirli and Mor, two 18-year-olds from Be'er Sheva, came to "identify with, support and come together." Support what? "Support democracy, to continue in his way." On the stage, they sang a song that purports, "Here they come, the days of quiet." Are they really coming? "Not now," says 19-year-old soldier Shai. "But they will come, we've got our fingers crossed," she said