Yigal Amir | |
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.jpg) Yigal Amir on November 30, 1995, 26 days after killing Yitzhak Rabin | |
| Born | May 31, 1970 |
| Known for | Assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin |
| Criminal status | Incarcerated |
| Spouse | Larisa Trembovler |
| Children | Yinon Amir |
| Parent(s) | Shlomo and Geula Amir |
| Motive | Far-right extremism Rabin signing the Oslo Accords |
| Conviction(s) | Murder Conspiracy to commit murder Aggravated injury |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment plus 14 years |
| Details | |
| Date | November 4, 1995 9:30 p.m. |
| Location(s) | Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Killed | Yitzhak Rabin |
| Injured | Yoram Rubin |
| Weapon | Beretta 84F semi-automatic pistol |
Yigal Amir (Hebrew: יגאל עמיר; born May 31, 1970)[1] is an Israeli right-wing extremist who assassinated incumbent Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin on November 4, 1995, at the conclusion of a rally in Tel Aviv, Israel. At the time of the murder, he was a law student at Bar-Ilan University. Amir is serving a life sentence for murder plus six years for injuring Rabin's bodyguard.[2] He was later sentenced to an additional eight years for conspiracy to murder. Amir has never expressed regret over the assassination.
Numerous radical right-wing Israeli organisations have carried out campaigns for Amir's release. The Shin Bet security service has assessed that Amir remains a threat to national security.[3] The Knesset passed a law preventing the President of Israel from pardoning the assassin of a prime minister.
- ^ Odenheimer, Natan (December 1, 2020). "Trying to understand Yigal Amir 21 years on". Jerusalem Post.
- ^ "This Week in Haaretz 1996 / Rabin's Assassin Gets Life in Prison". Haaretz. March 31, 2011.
- ^ ToI Staff (October 29, 2020). "25 years on, Rabin's jailed assassin still a national threat: security service". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved October 18, 2023.