Rabin: Someone told me she just went by the place where my husband was murdered and there was a note saying, “Forgive us, Rabin, they’ve killed you again.” And I feel that way, because I was hoping that his friends would continue what he started.
I was joking. I said I’ll feel like packing my bags [if Peres lost]. But this was not said seriously. I can never leave my country. This is my country right or wrong.
Certainly not. Of course, whenever I have a chance to speak out I will still talk about my husband’s dreams.
I’m not going to criticize in the pages of NEWSWEEK. All I can say is that I have a feeling that this would not have happened had he not been killed.
Isn’t that awful? Don’t you think it’s absolutely appalling? This, this “non-human being” is how I call him, should have the privilege, the honor? He shouldn’t have even been given a “fair trial.” He was caught. He admitted. Was there any question mark? He said, “No, I’m proud of it,” coming into court chewing gum and smiling. Who needed this?
Not yet. But I tell you, we have developed a real kinship. I have a very warm feeling for him. You know he came here after my husband’s murder. He was here in this apartment, and we spent a very amazing hour or two hours together. He couldn’t have been nicer. It really was amazing, you know, that this person until not too long ago we thought we shall never reconcile with. And now he comes in like a member of the family and is accepted like one. What I am saying is that it is so easy to forget-to get over-longtime misunderstandings.
Yes, this is possible. But [long pause] it is a different code of relationships, you know. Yasir Arafat was an enemy. We made peace. He is now a friend. Netanyahu was never an enemy. I can see that we should make a bridge. Of course, the approach would have to be from their side. I am not in a position to approach them, if you know what I mean. I did shake Netanyahu’s hand at the funeral. But I carry on my chest all this horrible language that was used against my husband. We will never forget the sight of Mr. Netanyahu standing on a terrace in a big demonstration in Jerusalem, and down there was my husband’s figure hanging in the uniform of a Nazi agent. He [Netanyahu] claims he didn’t see. So, I don’t know what it takes to forget it, and reconcile. This is very personal. And my husband is dead now. This is not the first time that Labor lost an election. But whatever happened before, I remember leaning on his strength, and sharing it with him. This time, he is gone. And I so much expected that his murder would have a great impact on the outcome of the elections, that on the one hand I am so disappointed, and on the other hand I feel very lonely.
