Rabin, who fought in Israel's 1948 war for independence, will be buried with full military honors Monday at the Mount Herzl national cemetery in Jewish west Jerusalem, where the remains of Zionist founder Theodor Herzl and former prime ministers Levi Eshkol and Golda Meir were laid to rest.
But many senior Israelis are convinced that a return to negotiations with the Palestinians will allay tensions, not only in the West Bank, Jerusalem and Israel but in the region as a whole.
Similar rallies were held across the West Bank, East Jerusalem and even in the Gaza Strip.
Obama has already been hurt by his obsessive focus on a settlements freeze in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Britain and France have both summoned Israeli ambassadors in protest at Israel's decision to approve the construction of 3, 000 new homes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
The last round of direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians broke down in late 2010 following a dispute over settlement construction in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Mufti Ali Gomaa said he had entered Jerusalem from the West Bank via Jordan and not from the Israeli side.
On Thursday, Issawi was convicted of breaching his release conditions by travelling from his home in East Jerusalem to the West Bank, his lawyer said.
President Bush has, unfortunately, encouraged the belief of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that the Jewish State can safely abandon 90-95% of the West Bank and parts of Jerusalem.
CNN's Jessica Yellin and John King reported from Jerusalem and the West Bank, and CNN's Azadeh Ansari, Karen Smith, Michael Schwartz, Jason Hanna, Joe Sterling, Holly Yan and Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report, which was written by Tom Cohen in Washington.
In fact, polls continue to show that a solid majority of Israeli Jews favours a peace based on exchanging land for peace, dismantling many settlements, making room for an independent Palestine in the West Bank and Gaza and sharing Jerusalem.
Herzallah grew up in Palestine and got his medical degree at Al-Quds University in the West Bank, just a 15-minute walk from Jerusalem but a two-hour drive once through the checkpoints.
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He felt sure that Mahmoud Abbas, who presides over the Palestinian Authority that controls the West Bank, would strive for Palestinian sovereignty over East Jerusalem as vigorously as his predecessor, the late Yasser Arafat.
Butterworth's last play, Jerusalem, enjoyed sell-out runs in the West End and on Broadway following its Royal Court debut in 2009.
Security for the visit is tight, with thousands of Israeli and Palestinian security officers on duty in Jerusalem and the Palestinians' de facto capital in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
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His most acclaimed role in recent years was as Johnny "Rooster" Byron in Jerusalem, which he played at the Royal Court in the West End and on Broadway.
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On Israel, the Jerusalem Post is apparently reporting he's also going to go to the West Bank, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
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