Letter to The Washington Post

Dear Editor, Richard Cohen stated that Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated because he was "determined to make peace," yet he provided no evidence of this assertion. The fact is that every Israeli, even its criminals, wants peace. It was the proposed exchange of land for peace that prompted Rabin's murderer. [“Israel’s grim look within” 2/5/13] Unfortunately, giving up land is no guarantee of peace. Case in point, what did Israel gain by ceding Gaza to the Palestinians? Did it establish peace with Gaza? Not unless you believe that enduring tens of thousands of rockets and mortars fired at your citizens amounts to peace. Michael Berenhaus