Yigal Amir

On this day: Prime minister Yitzhak Rabin assassinated after peace rally by far-right activist

Rabin was Israel’s fifth prime minister. He served two terms in office, from 1974 until 1977, and again from 1992 until his assassination on November 4, 1995. 

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, ARIELLA ROITMAN
Yitzhak Rabin (1922 - 1995) making an address, July 1974.
Yigal Amir

The line we cannot cross: Israel must never free Yigal Amir - editorial

Calls to free Yigal Amir cross a fundamental democratic line. Israel must never rehabilitate the man who tried to determine its future through murder.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Gadi Eisenkot, head of the Yashar party, attends a conference in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, July 9, 2026

Eisenkot demands police launch probe into politically motivated assault of Yashar! party activist

“Violence of this kind, 84 days before election day, could be a grave indication of what awaits us during this period and cannot be tolerated,” Eisenkot wrote.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog and his wife, Michal, stand at the graves of former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and his wife, Leah, on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem this week, marking the 29th anniversary of Rabin’s assassination when he served as prime minister.

Let's cool it and stop fanning the flames of conflict - editorial

Given our long history, we Jews have a short memory. Baseless hatred resulted in the destruction of the Temple, and the same internecine strife ended with Rabin’s assassination.

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Don't let Yigal Amir be furloughed from prison

It appears that the lines of opposition within Israeli society are getting thicker with time, a trend that does not bode well.

NOVEMBER 3, 2020ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Yigal Amir

Education system to mark 25th anniversary of Yitzhak Rabin's murder

The activities planned for this year will be under the theme of "Unity and Cooperation."

OCTOBER 29, 2020ByOMRI RON
US PRESIDENT Bill Clinton watches prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shake hands after signing the Oslo I Accord, at the White House in Washington on September 13, 1993.

Candle-lighting ceremony ushers in 25th anniversary of Rabin’s death

Rivlin will light a large memorial candle in accordance with Jewish tradition of lighting candles in memory of the dead.

OCTOBER 28, 2020ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
A memorial ceremony for former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, November 7, 2019

Yitzhak Rabin memorial renewed in honor of 25th anniversary of his death

Renewal to include graffiti preserved from the time of the murder • the target audience for these tours are children and teens

OCTOBER 28, 2020ByOMRI RON
Scenes from Yitzhak Rabin memorial - November 4, 2016

Supreme injustice in Israel's elections

Every democracy has its redlines, and support for terrorism crosses the Israeli version.

FEBRUARY 12, 2020ByJPOST EDITORIAL
SUPREME COURT President Esther Hayut shares the bench with Justice Uri Shoham.

Arab MK, Yigal Amir party disqualified

MK Heba Yazbak was disqualified because of statements supporting terrorism and terrorists, while Labor faction chairman Itzik Shmuli the only purpose of the Free Trial party was to free Yigal Amir.

JANUARY 29, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
MK Heba Yazbak of UAL-Balad

Netanyahu apologizes for offending stutterers

Yigal Amir’s wife: Disqualify Labor-Meretz leaders

JANUARY 22, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
NETANYAHU NEVER wanted a broad government, even when establishing one would not have involved his personal fate, let alone these days, when it would have diluted his persona power and prevented his trial’s delay.

Yigal Amir's wife: Disqualify Labor-Meretz leaders

Larissa Trembovler Amir, wife of Yitzhak Rabin’s assassin Yigal Amir, has called for Amir Peretz and Tamar Zandberg to be barred from running in the March election for supporting terrorism.

JANUARY 22, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
Larissa Trembovler Amir, wife of Yitzhak Rabin's assassin Yigal Amir, registers her Fair Trial Party

Parties race as deadline for disqualifying lists looms

The head of the Central Elections Committee, Supreme Court judge Neal Hendel, already disqualified the second candidate on the Economic Dawn list, cannabis kingpin Amos Dov Silver.

JANUARY 21, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
Larissa Trembovler Amir, wife of Yitzhak Rabin's assassin Yigal Amir, registers her Fair Trial Party

Knesset members to challenge candidacies of assassin's wife and Balad MK

"This stain cannot be allowed to infect the walls of the Knesset."

JANUARY 18, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
Larissa Trembovler Amir, wife of Yitzhak Rabin's assassin Yigal Amir, registers her Fair Trial Party