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                                                   Jerusalem, 19 July 1995

RABIN THANKS CHIRAC FOR RECENT REMARKS
(Communicated by Prime Minister's Media Advisor)

Prime Minister and Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin on Monday, July 17,
1995, sent a letter to French President Jacques Chirac, thanking him for
his recent acknowledgement of France's responsibility in turning over Jews
to the Nazis during the Holocaust. In his letter, Prime Minister Rabin
wrote the following:

Mr. President,

On behalf of the Jewish people and the State of Israel, I would like to
express my thanks to you for adopting an historic position on the occasion
of Remembrance Day for the action in the winter stadium. Your address,
through the strength and moral meaning in it, surely offers a lesson in
history to the free world and future generations. Your inspiring words,
recognizing the responsibility of the French state, are a credit to France
and her traditions as a land of liberty and human rights.

Allow me, Mr. President, to take this opportunity to express the immense
debt that Israel and the Jewish people feel towards the righteous gentiles
of France.

Sincerely,
Yitzhak Rabin


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