Yossi Beilin did not like Yitzchak Rabin or the way he dealt with the settlers

It turns out Yossi Beilin did not really like Yitzchak Rabin, though of course he was upset at the assassination (he says he cried when he heard news of the assassination, even though he did not like Rabin). In a recent interview, Beilin even gave some backhanded support to the settlement movement, in his criticism of Rabin.

Beilin said on a recent radio show that Rabin had a short fuse and said things regularly without thinking first. Beilin said that is not appropriate for a prime minister. An example, he gave, is how Rabin treated the settlers. He says Rabin did not deal with the settler situation properly, but he would "stam" attack the settlers. If you want to evacuate thousands of people from their homes, you have to do so with sympathy.

I would point out that Rabin never advanced any plans for mass evacuation of people form their homes, though that very well might have eventually happened. the person who did it was Ariel Sharon, not Yitzchak Rabin. From Beilin's words it seems as if Rabin was actually planning such an evacuation.



Very interesting revelations. It seems nobody can be left-wing enough for Yossi Beilin...

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