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is doing a memorial event for Yitzhak Rabin. In the US Rabin is viewed as a liberal peacemaker but Palestinians remember him for his brutal rule suppressing Palestinian protest during the First Intifada, as someone who reportedly ordered the breaking of Palestinian bones

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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Hey there - this event and my involvement was presented to my team differently from how it’s now being promoted. Thanks for pointing it out. Taking a look into this now.

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Thanks! Looking forward to hearing about it.

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I hope you do attend the event. You make peace with your enemies. This is what Rabin did. He was assassinated for doing this

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Amount of whitewashing Rabin’s crimes is incredible. While he was purportedly “seeking peace” he continued to build Israeli settlements and when a settler massacred Palestinians in Hebron in 1994 instead of removing settlers he fortified them. He had choices: he chose apartheid.

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פלר חסן נחום Fleur Hassan-Nahoum

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Yes please don’t do it it’s an insult to Rabins memory

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Rabin is a symbol of bravery and courageous to make peace with your enemies. He was the first Israeli leader to recognize the Palestinian right for independence and paid for this with his life.

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סתיו שפיר Stav Shaffir

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When we stand for peace, there will be those who will tell us it's impossible, even threaten us. Rabin stood strong & signed the first agreement with the Palestinians as he believed peace was the only hope. He was assasinated for it.I hope you'll have the moral courage to attend