Mr. Speaker, one who kills in the name of morality kills nothing except one's own morality.
The world has suffered the loss of a great peacemaker. Mindless violence has claimed a leader whose foresight and courage led his nation from the twisted path of endless conflict and pointed it toward the road to peace.
I was honoured to nominate Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin for the Nobel Peace Prize in January 1994 and overjoyed when he was awarded that honour in December 1994.
Yitzhak Rabin was a soldier who fought for his country and yet he grew to realize that the only solution was to become a soldier for peace. He survived conflict as a soldier but died as a soldier of peace.
When I met him last year in Canada he promised he would continue to work toward a lasting peace.
I extend my deepest condolences to Mrs. Rabin, her family and the nation of Israel.