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Thousands honor Rabin in Tel Aviv
by JERUSALEM (JTA) -- An estimated 150,000 people took part in a memorial rally in Tel Aviv to mark the fifth anniversary of the as, With the violence in the West Bank and Gaza Strip hanging over the event, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak made a plea for peac
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President Clinton called Rabin's widow to wish her well on the fifth anniversary of her husband's assassination, a White House spokesman said.
Leah Rabin, who is fighting lung cancer, was undergoing tests in a Tel Aviv hospital when Clinton called Saturday.
The president "called because she's an old friend and isn't feeling well, and he wanted to touch base with her," the spokesman said. Rabin was unable to attend the rally in her husband's honor.
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