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Rivlin at Rabin memorial: Two-state solution has failed By JPOST.COM STAFF 10/28/2012 17:10 "In so small a space between the Jordan [River] and the [Mediterranean] Sea there cannot be more than one country," Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin says at Knesset memorial for Yitzhak Rabin. Photo: Marc Israel Sellem The two-state solution has failed, Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin said Sunday at the official Knesset memorial marking 17 years since the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, best remembered for his tenacious efforts to make peace with the Palestinians through the Oslo Accords in the 1990s. "In so small a space between the Jordan [River] and the [Mediterranean] Sea there cannot be more than one country," Rivlin said. The two-state solution, he continued, is based on the assumption that Jews and Arabs cannot live together and therefore must separate. Related: a.. Rivlin: I'm glad fanatics don't vote for me b.. PM, Peres remember Rabin's legacy of peace "But even today cities and towns across the country refute this claim," he added. "On both sides of the Green Line, Jews and Arabs live with one another," noting how the two peoples study in universities together. The idea of separation failed at every step along Israel's short history, he continued, not in the 1947 UN Partition Plan, not in cease-fire agreements, not in UN declarations and resolutions, not in Oslo I or II, or any of the subsequent agreements penned by Israelis and Palestinians. Speaking earlier Sunday at the official government memorial marking the 17 years since Rabin's assassination, President Shimon Peres, who served as foreign minister under Rabin praised his dedication and courage in leading Israel through times of war as well as times of peacemaking. At the same ceremony, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke of non-violent societal discourse, strengthening the IDF to safeguard Israel's future, and making peace with regional neighbors as the three lessons to be learned and passed down from slain prime minister Yitzhak Rabin. "We need to ensure that Israel is free for debate, and free from violence," Netanyahu said, explaining that everybody has the right to voice their opinion but nobody has the right to raise their hand in violence. Rabin's murderer, Yigal Amir, Netanyahu added, will not be forgive [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
