CLINTON SPEECH TEXT: RABIN MEETING

 

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Statement by Governor Bill Clinton on meeting with Israeli Prime

Minister Yitzhak Rabin

August 12, 1992

     I am pleased to have the opportunity to meet today with

Israel's new Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin.  His warm welcome in

the United States is a tribute to his dedication to the values our

two nations share and to the importance of our relationship both to

Americans and Israelis.

     This meeting provided us the chance to discuss a variety of

issues of concern to both our countries, and to emphasize the

critical need to move forward in several key areas.  I support the

agreement on loan guarantees for Israel reached yesterday and urge

the Congress to move expeditiously to grant this long overdue

humanitarian assistance.  The right of Soviet Jews to emigrate is

one that we have embraced as a nation for many years.  We now have

a responsibility to assist Israel to absorb successfully these

talented individuals, who are making a remarkable contribution to

Israeli society.

     We also discussed the current peace negotiations in the

region.  I commend Prime Minister Rabin for his determination to

achieve significant progress.  I expressed to him my strong

personal commitment to support the peace process.  The end of the

Cold War and the recent elections in Israel offer a promising

opportunity for progress toward a lasting peace in the Middle East.

American leadership and sustained involvement will be crucial to

achieving that goal, and I pledge to build on that progress as

President.

     We discussed other areas of continuing cooperation, including

reining in the dangerous spread of weapons of mass destruction,

promoting democracy in the region and enhancing the strategic,

technical and economic cooperation between the U.S. and Israel.  As

the war with Iraq brutally demonstrated, Israel continues to be at

risk in the region and needs our unwavering support.

     If elected, I look forward to working with Prime Minister

Rabin to advance these goals.  We stand together today with hope

that a new dawn of peace is rising for Israel and the region.  It

is an opportunity that, together, the United States, Israel and the

Arab world cannot afford to miss.