Is that money going to the Clinton's?????
Yes.
Rabin memorial postponed so Clinton can attend gala event
By: Associated Press
Published: October 6, 2005
A gathering marking the 10th anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin will be postponed a week to allow former U.S. President Bill Clinton to attend, organizers said Thursday.
At Clinton's request, the event, originally set for Nov. 5, will take place on Nov. 12, a day after Clinton arrives in Israel, said Moshe Debby, spokesman for the Rabin study center in Tel Aviv.
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Clinton is expected to address a memorial at the site of the assassination after speaking at the a conference kickoff dinner sponsored by the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, both on Nov. 12.
The Saban Center is paying for Clinton's trip.
Clinton is also expected to participate in official memorials for Rabin which begin on Nov. 14, including a visit to Rabin's burial site on Mt. Herzl in Jerusalem and the opening of a new Rabin Center in Tel Aviv. Israel marks the date of the assassination according to the Hebrew calendar.
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(IsraelNN.com) People are forking out up to $100,000 for tickets to next week's dinner in memory of assassinated former Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin. The main drawing cards are the scheduled speeches by former American President Bill Clinton and his wife Sen. Hillary Clinton, who has been touted as a candidate for the next presidential elections.
A fund-raising letter asking for donations to the Yitzchak Rabin Center, which is to be dedicated at dinner, notes that seating depends on the "size of the contribution," according to the New York Post. Priority, of course, will be given to the highest contributions."
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The Jerusalem dinner kicks off a conference sponsored by the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, a division of the Washington-based Brookings Institution.
Saban is paying the travel costs for Clinton and his entourage - about $600,000.
It was also agreed that in addition to the speeches Clinton was to deliver at the Saban Center, he would also participate in two events to take place on the official memorial day for Rabin, which begins on November 14: a Jerusalem commemoration on Mount Herzl, where the late prime minister is buried, and the opening of the Rabin Center in Tel Aviv.
In contacts with Saban's representatives, it was agreed that Clinton will attend a dinner marking the opening of the American-Israeli Dialogue organized by Tel Aviv University's Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies and the Saban Center. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and President Moshe Katsav will attend the dinner as well.
Following his speech at the dinner, Clinton will be flown to Tel Aviv, where is he expected to address the rally in Rabin Square.
Clinton may also take part in a memorial session of the Knesset.