Rabin’s assassin requests prison furlough to attend son’s bar mitzvah

Yigal Amir, the Jewish extremist who assassinated prime minister Yitzhak Rabin in November 1995, has requested a special prison furlough to attend his son’s bar mitzvah.

The circumcision ceremony for Amir’s son, who was born after he was allowed conjugal visits with his wife, was held in 2007 on November 4, the date on which Rabin was murdered.

Yigal Amir, the convicted assassin of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, seen during a court hearing in Tel Aviv, November 1, 2007. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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