Nevertheless, both sides showed signs they were implementing the truce. Palestinian police herded stonethrowers in Gaza on to trucks to remove them from flashpoint areas as Israel started pulling tanks away from Palestinian areas and eased blockades on West Bank towns. Three Palestinians killed in West Bank clashes on Friday were to be buried on Saturday, raising the possibility that mourners would clash with Israeli soldiers after the funeral in what has become a daily ritual over recent weeks. Israel's acting Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami, who is in the United States for talks with senior US officials, said if the violence waned, Clinton would be able to focus his attention on bringing the sides back to the negotiating table. Five years later, Israeli President Moshe Katsav echoed the call for internal unity.
Tonight there is no Right or Left.
There are no religious or secular. But with the peace process in tatters, young Israelis who filled the square transformed Rabin's stand against domestic discord into a message for building bridges with Palestinians. A seven-year Palestinian uprising, or Intifada, against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Arab East Jerusalem ended after Rabin sealed the Oslo deal with Arafat. The landmark agreement set out terms for limited Palestinian self-rule and steps towards a negotiated final peace. It won Rabin, Arafat and Shimon Peres, then Israel's foreign minister, the Nobel Peace Prize.