USA: ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU VISITS GRAVE OF MENACHEM SCHNEERSON, LATE LEADER OF LUBAVITCH HASIDIC MOVEMENT

Record ID: 399903

  • Title: USA: ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU VISITS GRAVE OF MENACHEM SCHNEERSON, LATE LEADER OF LUBAVITCH HASIDIC MOVEMENT
  • Date: 10th September 1996
  • Summary: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 10, 1996) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. LV/SV OF CEMETERY. (2 SHOTS) 0.11 2. CU SIGN SAYING "OHEL CHABAD LUBAVITCH" (ENGLISH/HEBREW) 0.17 3. MCU PHOTOGRAPHER. 0.24 4. SV ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU WALKS TO STAGE. 0.41 5. SV OF SPECTATORS. (2 SHOTS) 0.53
  • Embargoed: 25th September 1996 13:00
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  • Location: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVA5FKM2RXKILWD45VUCWJJHOHKH
  • Story Text: INTRO: The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in New York to meet business leaders, has visited the grave of Menachem Schneerson, late leader of the Lubavitch Hasidic movement.

    -------------------------------------------------------------------- Netanyahu was in New York to address a dinner of United States (U.S.) Jewish leaders. But he took time out on Tuesday (September 10) to pay his respects at the graveside of Rabbi Schneerson.

    Schneerson, who died in 1994, was called the messiah by some of his followers.

    The ultra-orthodox Lubavitch movement, which is based in Brooklyn in New York, is small but Schneerson was admired outside the movement by Jews and non-Jews alike as a religious thinker and leader.

    After the memorial service Netanyahu attended theanniversary dinner of a major Jewish group at which U.S. Vice Presidental candidates Al Gore (Democrat) and Jack Kemp (Republican) debated the question "who was Israel's strongest supporter?".

    Netanyahu, for his part, took no sides in the Gore-Kemp battle.

    He is an old friend of Kemp's and currently striving for a close working relationship with the Clinton administration.

    In his speech, the Israeli leader said, "The temptation is always there to sign pieces of paper. But securing peace is not easy. We want formal peace, secure peace and a prosperous peace for ourselves and our neighbours." The dinner was held to mark the 40th anniversary of the Conference of Presidents, an umbrella group for all major Jewish organisations.

    The dinner capped Netanyahu's three-day visit to the United States that included talks with President Bill Clinton.


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