Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak called on Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on Sunday to put an end to the violence and extend a hand of peace.
“I call on you Yasser Arafat, you who shook the hands of Yitzhak Rabin, don`t allow the extremists to lead you into a path of pain and anguish, you can put an end to the cycle of violence,” Barak said at the commemoration rally for slain Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. “From Tel Aviv I call upon you to put an end to the violence and strecth out a hand to the peace of the brave,” he said. Bureau Report