Rabin Widow Has Cancer, Paper Says

Leah Rabin, widow of assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, has been diagnosed with lung cancer, the Haaretz newspaper said. Rabin, 72, is undergoing medical tests in New York to determine the best course of treatment for the disease, son-in-law Avi Pelosoff told the Israeli daily. He said Rabin’s doctors from Tel Aviv’s Tel Hashomer hospital recommended the tests. The paper said Rabin’s illness was made public when she failed to appear in Washington at an awards ceremony of the American Friends of Tel Aviv University honoring her for her contribution to Mideast peace. Yitzhak Rabin was slain in November 1995.