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'''Yigal Amir''' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: יגאל עמיר) (born [[May 23]], [[1970]]) is the [[Israel]]i [[assassin]] of the former [[Prime Minister of Israel]] [[Yitzhak Rabin]]. The assassination took place [[November 4]], [[1995]] at the conclusion of a [[rally]] in [[Tel Aviv |
'''Yigal Amir''' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: יגאל עמיר) (born [[May 23]], [[1970]]) is the [[Israel]]i [[assassin]] of the former [[Prime Minister of Israel]] [[Yitzhak Rabin]]. The assassination took place [[November 4]], [[1995]] at the conclusion of a [[rally]] in [[Tel Aviv]]. Amir is currently serving a [[life sentence]] plus 14 years. |
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== Background == |
== Background == |
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Yigal Amir was born to a religious [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] Jewish family in the Israeli town of [[Herzliya]]; his parents are [[Yemenite Jews]] who [[Aliyah|immigrated to Israel]] from [[Jewish exodus from Arab lands|Yemen]]. He attended [[Haredi Judaism|Haredi]] elementary school and [[yeshiva]] for his formal education. Amir served in the [[Israel Defense Forces]] |
Yigal Amir was born to a religious [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] Jewish family in the Israeli town of [[Herzliya]]; his parents are [[Yemenite Jews]] who [[Aliyah|immigrated to Israel]] from [[Jewish exodus from Arab lands|Yemen]]. He attended [[Haredi Judaism|Haredi]] elementary school and [[yeshiva]] for his formal education. Amir served in the [[Israel Defense Forces]] in the [[Golani Brigade]] as a soldier-student of [[Hesder]], a combined program that alternates between army training and yeshiva study. |
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Amir was a [[law]] and [[computer science]] [[student]] at [[Bar-Ilan University]] [http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/k/karpin-murder.html?_r=1] and a [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]] [[extremist]] who had strenuously opposed Rabin's signing of the [[Oslo Accords]]. During his studying in Bar-Ilan University he was active in the organization of [[demonstration]]s against them. [http://www.newsthinking.com/story.cfm?SID=106]. |
Amir was a [[law]] and [[computer science]] [[student]] at [[Bar-Ilan University]] [http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/k/karpin-murder.html?_r=1] and a [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]] [[extremist]] who had strenuously opposed Rabin's signing of the [[Oslo Accords]]. During his studying in Bar-Ilan University he was active in the organization of [[demonstration]]s against them. [http://www.newsthinking.com/story.cfm?SID=106]. |
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During his years as an activist, Amir became a close friend of [[Avishai Raviv]]. Raviv presented himself as an extreme anti-Rabin activist but was in fact a [[secret agent]] working for the [[Shabak|Shin Bet]] (Israel's internal security service). Raviv's role as Amir's close friend and any part he may have had in Amir's activities leading up to the assassination has not been made public and hence clarified. Events such as these have engendered controversial [[Yitzhak Rabin assassination conspiracy theories|assassination conspiracy theories]]. |
During his years as an activist, Amir became a close friend of [[Avishai Raviv]]. Raviv presented himself as an extreme anti-Rabin activist but was in fact a [[secret agent]] working for the [[Shabak|Shin Bet]] (Israel's internal security service). Raviv's role as Amir's close friend and any part he may have had in Amir's activities leading up to the assassination has not been made public and hence clarified. Events such as these have engendered controversial [[Yitzhak Rabin assassination conspiracy theories|assassination conspiracy theories]]. |
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== The assassination and aftermath == |
== The assassination and aftermath == |
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Amir was caught at the scene. Upon hearing Yitzhak Rabin died due to his assassination, Amir told the police he was "satisfied". [http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9511/rabin/amir/index.html] |
Amir was caught at the scene. Upon hearing Yitzhak Rabin died due to his assassination, Amir told the police he was "satisfied". [http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9511/rabin/amir/index.html] |
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Amir was sentenced to life imprisonment plus 6 additional years in prison for injuring Rubin. |
Amir was sentenced to life imprisonment plus 6 additional years in prison for injuring Yoram Rubin. |
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In a later trial, Amir was sentenced to an additional 5 years (and after an appeal on behalf of the State, 8 years) for conspiring to commit the assassination with his brother Hagai Amir and Dror Adani. All of the sentences were cumulative. |
In a later trial, Amir was sentenced to an additional 5 years (and after an appeal on behalf of the State, 8 years) for conspiring to commit the assassination with his brother Hagai Amir and Dror Adani. All of the sentences were cumulative. |
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Amir was held in isolation in the [[Beersheba|Be'er Sheva]] Prison, and was moved to the [[Ayalon]] Prison in 2003. His appeals on both sentences were rejected. Subsequently, a law was passed by the [[Knesset]] barring the pardon by the [[President of Israel]] for any assassin of a prime minister. Amir has never expressed regret for his actions. |
Amir was held in isolation in the [[Beersheba|Be'er Sheva]] Prison, and was moved to the [[Ayalon]] Prison in 2003. His appeals on both sentences were rejected. Subsequently, a law was passed by the [[Knesset]] barring the pardon by the [[President of Israel]] for any assassin of a prime minister. Amir has never expressed regret for his actions. |
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Most of the right wing condemned the assassination, despite the vast differences in political views and the widespread disagreement with Rabin's policies, which the right felt both emboldened [[Palestinian militant]]s and gave them a territorial stronghold within Israel. |
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==Marriage to Larisa Trembovler== |
==Marriage to Larisa Trembovler== |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*[[Assassinations of Jewish leaders in Israel's history]] |
*[[Assassinations of Jewish leaders in Israel's history]] |
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*[[History of Israel]] |
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*[[List of assassins]] |
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*[[List of assassinated people]] |
*[[List of assassinated people]] |
Revision as of 12:50, 22 February 2006
Yigal Amir (Hebrew: יגאל עמיר) (born May 23, 1970) is the Israeli assassin of the former Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Rabin. The assassination took place November 4, 1995 at the conclusion of a rally in Tel Aviv. Amir is currently serving a life sentence plus 14 years.
Background
Yigal Amir was born to a religious Orthodox Jewish family in the Israeli town of Herzliya; his parents are Yemenite Jews who immigrated to Israel from Yemen. He attended Haredi elementary school and yeshiva for his formal education. Amir served in the Israel Defense Forces in the Golani Brigade as a soldier-student of Hesder, a combined program that alternates between army training and yeshiva study.
Amir was a law and computer science student at Bar-Ilan University [1] and a right-wing extremist who had strenuously opposed Rabin's signing of the Oslo Accords. During his studying in Bar-Ilan University he was active in the organization of demonstrations against them. [2].
During his years as an activist, Amir became a close friend of Avishai Raviv. Raviv presented himself as an extreme anti-Rabin activist but was in fact a secret agent working for the Shin Bet (Israel's internal security service). Raviv's role as Amir's close friend and any part he may have had in Amir's activities leading up to the assassination has not been made public and hence clarified. Events such as these have engendered controversial assassination conspiracy theories.
The assassination and aftermath
On November 4, 1995, after a demonstration held in support of the Oslo Accords, held in Tel Aviv's "Kings of Israel Square" (Kikar Malkhey Yisrael כיכר מלכי ישראל, now "Rabin Square" - Kikar Rabin כיכר רבין), Amir awaited Rabin in the parking lot adjacent the square, close to Rabin's official limousine, where he shot Rabin twice with a Beretta 84F semi-automatic pistol in .380 ACP caliber (serial number D98231Y).[3] During the act, Amir also injured Yoram Rubin, a security guard, with another shot.
Yigal Amir's brother, Hagai Amir, and his friend Dror Adani, were his accomplices in the assassination plan. Amir had attempted to assassinate Rabin twice throughout 1995, but those plans fell through moments before implementation. [4]
Amir was caught at the scene. Upon hearing Yitzhak Rabin died due to his assassination, Amir told the police he was "satisfied". [5] Amir was sentenced to life imprisonment plus 6 additional years in prison for injuring Yoram Rubin.
In a later trial, Amir was sentenced to an additional 5 years (and after an appeal on behalf of the State, 8 years) for conspiring to commit the assassination with his brother Hagai Amir and Dror Adani. All of the sentences were cumulative.
Amir was held in isolation in the Be'er Sheva Prison, and was moved to the Ayalon Prison in 2003. His appeals on both sentences were rejected. Subsequently, a law was passed by the Knesset barring the pardon by the President of Israel for any assassin of a prime minister. Amir has never expressed regret for his actions.
Marriage to Larisa Trembovler
While in prison, Amir was engaged to Larisa Trembovler (also called Larissa Trimbobler by the English media). Amir had met her years ago, when he was a teacher of Judaism sent by Israel to educate Russian Jews. Trembovler first started to visit Amir in jail with her husband for humanitarian reasons. Amir and Trembovler began exchanging letters and speaking on the phone, after she expressed ideological support for him. She abandoned her husband and academic career because of her public personal ties with Amir.
After her divorce, Amir requested to marry Larisa Trembovler and to receive the privilege to (conjugally) unite with his intended wife. In January 2004, the Israel Prisons Authority announced that it would prohibit Amir from marrying in jail. During April 2004, the Tel Aviv District Court reviewed the decision regarding a request by Yigal Amir to get married in prison.
In August 2004 Amir and Trembovler married according to Jewish law, by giving his father a "power of attorney" to transfer a wedding ring, or something of similar value, to Larisa Trembovler. In July 2005 their marriage was validated by a Rabbinical court, but not by the Israeli Ministry of the Interior. The prison administration issued a statement saying that its policy concerning the "conjugal visits" will not be changed.
In late August 2005, according to news reports, Amir applied to the prison authorities to allow him and his new wife to conceive a child through in vitro fertilisation since they were being denied the opportunity to have sexual relations via conjugal visits. Larisa Trembovler has 4 children from her previous marriage.
On February 6, 2006, Haaretz reported that Attorney General Menachem Mazuz had ordered the Interior Ministry to register Amir and Larissa Trimbobler as a married couple in response to a petition filed by Trimbobler. This is expected to rekindle Amir and Trimbobler's struggle with the Prison Authority to enable them to hold conjugal visits, a request previously rejected. Trimbobler submitted the petition after the Interior Ministry refused to register Amir and Trimbobler as a married couple, despite the fact that the Jerusalem Rabbinical Court decided in July 2005 to approve their marriage by messenger in September 2005. Haaretz noted that Israel's Justice Ministry had defined Amir's marriage as "problematic" because according to a past ruling, a marriage ceremony not conducted in the presence of a rabbi from the Chief Rabbinate is unrecognized. [6]
See also
- Assassinations of Jewish leaders in Israel's history
- List of assassins
- List of assassinated people
- Yitzhak Rabin assassination conspiracy theories
- Larisa Trembovler
External links
Legal documents
- Excerpts of the State of Israel vs. Yigal Amir, March 27, 1996
- Template:He iconYigal Amir, Hagai Amir and Dror Adani vs. the State of Israel at the Supreme Court, August 29, 1999
- Template:He iconYigal Amir vs. the Prison Authority at the Supreme Court of Justice, August 8, 1999
- Template:He iconYigal Amir vs. the Prison Authority at the Supreme Court of Justice, November 8, 2004
News reports
- "'I have no regrets' Law student confesses to killing Rabin, November 5, 1995 by CNN (before uncovering Avishai Raviv)
- "Killer without shame", April 8, 1996, Time Magazine, Volume 147, No. 15
- "Rabin's assassin, two others convicted of conspiracy", September 11, 1996 by CNN
- "Slain Leader's Legacy Lives On, Assassin Admits", May 14, 1999 in the Washington Post
- "Assassin regrets he didn't kill Rabin earlier", November 10, 2000 in the Jewish News Weekly (from the Jerusalem Post)
- "PM Rabin's murderer seeks conjugal rights", September 8, 2004 in the Washington Times
- Yonina radio show with Larissa Trembovler (Amir's wife), Dec 20, 2005 on "Israel National Radio" (right-wing station)