The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/yigal-amir/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:44:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Yigal Amir | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/yigal-amir/ 32 32 ‘Leadership failure’: Gantz rebukes Netanyahu for planning to skip Rabin memorial https://www.timesofisrael.com/leadership-failure-gantz-rebukes-netanyahu-for-planning-to-skip-rabin-memorial/ Tue, 19 Sep 2023 13:02:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3100111&preview=true&preview_id=3100111 Opposition MK says PM must 'do the right thing' and honor assassinated leader's memory at Mount Herzl even if protests are likely; Labor head: 'Ceremony more dignified without him'

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]]> In first for sitting PM, Netanyahu expected to skip Rabin memorial at Mount Herzl https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-first-for-sitting-pm-netanyahu-expected-to-skip-rabin-memorial-at-mount-herzl/ Mon, 18 Sep 2023 21:24:33 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3099586 Unnamed sources close to premier call ceremony increasingly 'political'; event has become battlefield between Netanyahu and Rabin family

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]]> Organizers claim stickers praising extremists at rally handed out by ‘provocateurs’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/organizers-claim-stickers-praising-extremists-at-rally-handed-out-by-provocateurs/ Sat, 09 Sep 2023 06:00:49 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3092053&preview=true&preview_id=3092053 Dozens of participants at pro-government demonstration were seen wearing stickers proclaiming that Yigal Amir, Baruch Goldstein, Amiram Ben Uliel and Meir Kahane 'were right'

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]]> Right-wing pundit on Rabin murder: ‘When people are silenced, there is violence’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/right-wing-pundit-on-rabin-murder-when-people-are-silenced-there-is-violence/ Thu, 31 Aug 2023 10:17:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3084780 Channel 14's Yinon Magal under fire for appearing to justify Yigal Amir's motives in assassinating PM in 1995; last month, panelist on same show called for Amir's release

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]]> 2 more firms cut ads on Channel 14 after panelist called to release Rabin’s assassin https://www.timesofisrael.com/2-more-firms-cut-ads-on-channel-14-after-panelist-called-to-release-rabins-assassin/ Tue, 01 Aug 2023 17:55:00 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3063275 Delek Motors and Caesarstone, following Strauss, say right-wing network 'is deepening the tear and broadening the divide' in Israeli society

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]]> Israeli food giant halts ads on Channel 14 after call to release Rabin assassin https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-food-giant-halts-ads-on-channel-14-after-call-to-release-rabin-assassin/ Mon, 31 Jul 2023 20:53:22 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3062719 Strauss cites 'repeated hurtful comments' made on right-wing channel, which dismissed Yigal Amir's attorney Ari Shamai following his remarks

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]]> Panelist on right-wing TV calls to free Rabin assassin, to audience applause; is booted https://www.timesofisrael.com/tv-panelist-sacked-after-calling-to-free-assassin-yigal-amir-to-audience-applause/ Sun, 30 Jul 2023 23:57:57 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3062179 Lawyer Ari Shamai says Yigal Amir, who is serving life term without possibility of parole, should be released; Channel 14 says he will no longer appear on network

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]]> Ex-Shin Bet heads accuse Netanyahu of lying about lead-up to Rabin assassination https://www.timesofisrael.com/ex-shin-bet-heads-accuse-netanyahu-of-lying-about-lead-up-to-rabin-assassination/ Mon, 03 Jul 2023 10:27:36 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3044721 Retired chiefs, hundreds of former agents in security service say premier's autobiography promotes false conspiracy theories about the 1995 murder of his predecessor

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]]> Probe finds group supporting Jewish extremists in Israel now also fundraising in US https://www.timesofisrael.com/probe-finds-group-supporting-jewish-extremists-now-also-fundraising-in-us/ Tue, 24 Jan 2023 14:00:54 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2933611 Money raised by Shlom Asiraich as a nonprofit is going toward families and prisoners, including Rabin's assassin and two men convicted of murdering Palestinians

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]]> Top Ben Gvir aide listed as legal adviser for group that donates to Rabin assassin https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-ben-gvir-aide-listed-as-legal-adviser-for-group-that-donates-to-rabin-assassin/ Fri, 18 Nov 2022 17:35:36 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2877792&preview=true&preview_id=2877792 After report revealed Chanamel Dorfman helped establish organization that bankrolls incarcerated Jewish terrorists, follow-up reveals that those assisted also include Yigal Amir

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]]> Rabin’s killer said Shin Bet ‘didn’t know anything’ about plot, refuting Smotrich https://www.timesofisrael.com/rabins-killer-said-shin-bet-didnt-know-anything-about-plot-refuting-smotrich/ Tue, 08 Nov 2022 06:52:10 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2869233 In uproar over far-right MK blaming security service for encouraging 1995 assassination, TV airs old clips from Yigal Amir probe in which he says Shin Bet 'never could have known'

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]]> Rabin assassin hires prominent lawyer to work for his early release https://www.timesofisrael.com/rabin-assassin-hires-prominent-lawyer-to-work-for-his-early-release/ Tue, 29 Dec 2020 08:35:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2457837 Yoram Sheftel to appeal against law barring pardoning or commutation of prison sentence for anyone convicted of murdering PM, claiming it singles out Yigal Amir

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]]> Thousands attend Rabin memorial rally in Tel Aviv, 25 years after assassination https://www.timesofisrael.com/thousands-attend-rabin-memorial-rally-in-tel-aviv-25-years-after-assassination/ Sat, 07 Nov 2020 20:12:57 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2424991&preview=true&preview_id=2424991 Headlining event, opposition leader Lapid vows to defend Israel from 'those trying to destroy it from within'

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]]> Court rejects request by Rabin’s assassin for furlough for son’s bar mitzvah https://www.timesofisrael.com/court-rejects-request-by-rabins-assassin-for-furlough-for-sons-bar-mitzvah/ Wed, 04 Nov 2020 12:27:40 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2422562&preview=true&preview_id=2422562 Yigal Amir, who hasn't been granted prison leave since murdering PM in 1995, took case to court after prison service denied his bid

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]]> Rabin’s assassin requests prison furlough to attend son’s bar mitzvah https://www.timesofisrael.com/rabins-assassin-requests-prison-furlough-to-attend-sons-bar-mitzvah/ Mon, 02 Nov 2020 15:24:07 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2420674&preview=true&preview_id=2420674 Israel Prisons Service rejects bid by Yigal Amir, who hasn't been granted furlough since murdering PM in 1995; service believes court will also block move

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