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Topic: Yigal Amir

February 21, 2013
1:21 am

Ben Zygier's Australian passport (photo credit: screen capture Channel 10)

Zygier case raises concerns of dual loyalty for Aussies

Prisoner X prompts some to ask whether Jews are loyal to Israel at the expense of their home country

By Dan Goldberg

February 13, 2013
11:02 pm

Hagai Amir, the brother of Yitzhak Rabin's assassin, Yigal Amir, leaves Ayalon Prison a free man on May 4, 2012 (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger /Flash 90)

‘Rabin’s killer previous occupant of Prisoner X’s cell’

Yigal Amir’s brother says facility was designed to drive inmate to suicide

By Greg Tepper

February 12, 2013
5:39 pm

President Shimon Peres (far right) and Minister of Internal Security Yitzhak Aharonovich (center) visit the Ayalon prison Tuesday (photo credit: Moshe Milner/GPO/Flash90)

Yitzhak Rabin’s killer should ‘rot in jail,’ Peres says

President says Yigal Amir ‘should pay the full price for his murder, just as we, society at large, have paid because of his crime’

By Michal Shmulovich

January 17, 2013
9:10 am

Yigal Amir, the assassin of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, during a court hearing in 2004. (photo credit: Flash90)

Assassin for the Jewish Home?

Brother of Yigal Amir indicates Yitzhak Rabin’s killer will vote for Naftali Bennett’s party, then retracts

By Gabe Fisher

December 31, 2012
8:39 pm

Eitan Haber next to a photograph of his former boss, prime minister Yitzhak Rabin (photo credit: CC-BY-SA, Shalom Bartal, Wikimedia Commons)

Rabin formally opposed a Palestinian state more than a year after White House handshake, letter from 1994 shows

Asked what prime minister really intended, top aide Haber gives mixed response, says bitterly, ‘Perhaps you should ask the assassin’

By Raphael Ahren

December 17, 2012
4:04 pm

An Israeli parent on the first day of school in 2009 (Photo credit: Gershon Elinson/ Flash 90)

In Israel, unlike the US, a privilege — but no right — to bear arms

As America grapples with gun control after the Connecticut shootings, Israeli experts note that only 2.5% of civilians here are licensed to carry a firearm. Yet mandatory training, and a profound sense of shared responsibility, says one scholar, have seen those civilians frequently intervene to foil murderous attacks

By Mitch Ginsburg

November 10, 2012
1:51 pm

Some 20,000 participated in a rally in memory of slain prime minister Yitzhak Rabin in Tel Aviv on Saturday, Oct. 27 (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)

The generation that never knew Rabin learns of his legacy

Educators focus on democracy and tolerance in teaching young sabras about Israel’s assassinated prime minister, 17 years on

By Ben Sales

October 28, 2012
2:15 pm

President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend the memorial service for slain prime minister Yitzhak Rabin at Mt. Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem Sunday, Oct. 28 (screen capture: Channel 10)

On 17th anniversary of Rabin assassination, Netanyahu calls murder ‘one of the worst crimes of the new age’

Israel remembers slain prime minister in ceremonies across the country

By Asher Zeiger

October 28, 2012
10:09 am

Israel remembers slain prime minister in ceremonies across the country

Sunday marks 17 years since Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated at a Tel Aviv peace rally

By Asher Zeiger

September 2, 2012
5:20 pm

No regrets for killing because it was a mitzva, says Hagai Amir

From the web In an interview with +972, the brother — and accomplice — of Yitzhak Rabin’s convicted assassin is proud of his actions

July 26, 2012
3:42 pm

Hagai Amir says Rabin assassination was planned two years in advance

Murderer’s brother, recently released from prison, posts on Facebook that the two were not influenced by right-wing incitement

By Stuart Winer

July 7, 2012
8:38 am

File photo of Yigal Amir appearing in court in 2004 (photo credit: Yoram Rubin/Flash90)

Prison Service releases Rabin assassin from solitary confinement

Yigal Amir was separated from general prison population for 17 years; new conditions allow for more visitors and interaction with inmates

By Yoel Goldman and Stuart Winer

July 4, 2012
9:47 am

Yigal Amir in court. (photo credit: Flash90)

Yitzhak Rabin assassin to be released from solitary confinement

After 17 years, Yigal Amir to join other inmates in a more open area of the prison

By Stuart Winer

July 1, 2012
9:43 pm

Hagai Amir has revealed excerpts from his prison diary. (photo credit: Flash90)

Brother of Rabin assasin shows no sign of remorse in prison diary writings

Recently released after 15 years in jail, Hagai Amir publishes excerpts from his private journal

By Times of Israel staff

June 21, 2012
12:26 am

Rabin’s granddaughter fears early release of assassin Yigal Amir

‘It isn’t a figment of my imagination,’ Noa Rotman says in TV interview ahead of second season of a TV drama series she has co-written

By Times of Israel staff

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Topic: Yigal Amir

Zygier case raises concerns of dual loyalty for Aussies

Prisoner X prompts some to ask whether Jews are loyal to Israel at the expense of their home country

‘Rabin’s killer previous occupant of Prisoner X’s cell’

Yigal Amir’s brother says facility was designed to drive inmate to suicide

Yitzhak Rabin’s killer should ‘rot in jail,’ Peres says

President says Yigal Amir ‘should pay the full price for his murder, just as we, society at large, have paid because of his crime’

Assassin for the Jewish Home?

Brother of Yigal Amir indicates Yitzhak Rabin’s killer will vote for Naftali Bennett’s party, then retracts

Rabin formally opposed a Palestinian state more than a year after White House handshake, letter from 1994 shows

Asked what prime minister really intended, top aide Haber gives mixed response, says bitterly, ‘Perhaps you should ask the assassin’

In Israel, unlike the US, a privilege — but no right — to bear arms

The generation that never knew Rabin learns of his legacy

Educators focus on democracy and tolerance in teaching young sabras about Israel’s assassinated prime minister, 17 years on

On 17th anniversary of Rabin assassination, Netanyahu calls murder ‘one of the worst crimes of the new age’

Israel remembers slain prime minister in ceremonies across the country

Israel remembers slain prime minister in ceremonies across the country

Sunday marks 17 years since Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated at a Tel Aviv peace rally

No regrets for killing because it was a mitzva, says Hagai Amir

From the web In an interview with +972, the brother — and accomplice — of Yitzhak Rabin’s convicted assassin is proud of his actions

Hagai Amir says Rabin assassination was planned two years in advance

Murderer’s brother, recently released from prison, posts on Facebook that the two were not influenced by right-wing incitement

Prison Service releases Rabin assassin from solitary confinement

Yigal Amir was separated from general prison population for 17 years; new conditions allow for more visitors and interaction with inmates

Yitzhak Rabin assassin to be released from solitary confinement

After 17 years, Yigal Amir to join other inmates in a more open area of the prison

Brother of Rabin assasin shows no sign of remorse in prison diary writings

Recently released after 15 years in jail, Hagai Amir publishes excerpts from his private journal

Rabin’s granddaughter fears early release of assassin Yigal Amir

‘It isn’t a figment of my imagination,’ Noa Rotman says in TV interview ahead of second season of a TV drama series she has co-written

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