Yigal Amir (born May 23, 1970) is the Israeli assassin of the late 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 for murder plus 14 years for conspiracy to murder Yitzhak Rabin on different occasions and for injuring Rabin's bodyguard, Yoram Rubin. Wikipedia
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Amir, who is said to have connections to Jewish extremist groups, is an unmarried reserve soldier in the army's elite Golani brigade. www.cnn.com/WORLD/9511/rabin/amir/index.html
Yigal Amir, who killed Rabin at a Tel Aviv peace rally on November 4, 1995, made his comments during an appearance at a Beersheva court to ask that closed-circuit television monitoring cameras be removed from his cell. www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_i...
Convicted assassin Yigal Amir believes Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin deserved to die for forfeiting land God gave to the Jews. www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/daily/may99/amir14.htm
Amir, who is Israel's first alleged political assassin, grew up in a middle-class neighborhood in Herzliya, just north of Tel Aviv. Raised in a religious home, he served in the army and was educated on an elite track of the country's religious Zionist sy www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_i...
But a Yedioth Ahronoth survey published last Friday showing 20 percent of Israelis would be willing to pardon Yigal Amir sometime in the future and 45 percent believe Amir should be allowed to get married and become a father, shocked him - even if it didn www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3161701,00.html