That was a tactful way of saying I'm a Christian since I knew he personally knew Herbert W. Armstrong and Worldwide Church of God, including Plain Truth magazine. Mr. Armstrong had presented him with a gift of Steuben crystal before.

I was a volunteer at Kibbutz Ramat Yohanan at time, in Northern Israel near Haifa. Just so happens Rabin had lived there for over a year in late '50s.

I initially considered Rabin - born in Jerusalem - a traitor for surrendering too much to sworn Arab enemies who had not changed their goal of genocide, only their tactics; for going against clear security concerns he once expressed. (I was in a cafe in Jerusalem when he was shot in Tel Aviv). I refused to attend his funeral, although I had attended Rabbi Meir Kahane's some years before.

The Leftists were exploiting death of Rabin to squash their legal opposition. Such Stalinist tactics were condemned by former Russian refuseniks and Prisoners of Zion. Thankfully, regime of Shimon Peres was toppled with election of Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu.

As a Christian-American member of Temple Mount Faithful movement, I had been privileged to participate in their legal demonstrations during my 10-month stay in Jerusalem awaiting dual citizenship. Israeli television often showed me with my Jewish friends carrying Israeli flags throughout Old City. I have also been published in Jerusalem Post, Traveller and other publications about burning issue of TEMPLE MOUNT. The Temple Mount suffers under a MILITANT MUSLIM OCCUPATION that FORBIDS CHRISTIANS AND JEWS FROM PRAYING OR READING THE BIBLE there.

This despite fact that both Biblical Temples stood there, and it is location where Jesus and His disciples taught and prayed. Israel has a law against such violent religious discrimination, but they're afraid or unwilling to enforce it. Such shameful appeasement rewards Muslim aggressors and punishes innocent!

The Temple Mount Faithful demands an end to this injustice. Meanwhile, Muslim terrorists continue to destroy rich archaeological evidence upon Temple Mount that proves Jerusalem is Jewish! The world condemned Muslim Taliban for blowing up a Buddhist idol, yet has remained deathly silent while Judaism's holiest site is desecrated!