4. What percentage of Israel regards Amir as a hero? 10%? 20%? It's a significant chunk, anyways.
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5. Imagine an America where Lee Harvey Oswald, Sirhan Sirhan, & James Earl Ray are regarded by many as folk heroes.
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6. Israeli far right (which has, as we've seen, significant power in the current government) is justified on their terms in idiolizing Amir
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7. Amir's bullets achieved what the right wanted: a definitive end to the last real chance for a 2-state solution.
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8. Some interesting polling on the level of Amir's support in Israel: 1/3 of population support eventual pardon: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3320266,00.html …
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9. Rabin came as close to a final agreement as any Israeli leader ever has, and since his murder there's been flight from negotiation.
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10. Worth remembering Netanyahu's activities on even of Rabin's assassination: http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.624454 …
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11. Yigal Amir has won. A third of Israelis want him pardoned eventually. The Israeli state is dedicated to unending settlements.
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12. Realizing the extent of Amir's victory is the starting point for thinking about where we go from here.
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