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Subject: 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.