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. 

Yitzhak Rabin (1922 - 1995) making an address, July 1974.
Yigal Amir

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

 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


TA Rabin memorial defaced with far-right graffiti

Security guard who caught vandal tells 'Post': I saw him throw paint and grabbed him; suspect released with restraining order from Tel Aviv.

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Yigal Amir to spend 6 more months in solitude

Yitzhak Rabin's assassin has been in solitude for 15 years; judge says he is 'an object of admiration' to extremist factions.

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Yigal Amir allowed Torah study partner

Prisons Services to monitor Rabin’s assassin’s biweekly sessions.

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Prisons Service seeking ‘study partner’ for Yigal Amir

State prosecutors say search is on for inmate who can study Jewish texts with Amir once every two weeks.

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State considers easing Yigal Amir's prison conditions

Possible change is to allow Rabin's assassin to meet with another prisoner once in two weeks; Amir had rejected "coupled segregation."

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Supreme Court: Yigal Amir to stay in solitary confinement

Judges write that Rabin's killer should be allowed short visits with other prisoners to hold prayer minyan.

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‘Israelis are a forgiving people’

Survey asking Israeli Jewish society questions regarding traumatic events in country’s past finds higher than expected levels of forgiveness.

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Court debates removing Yigal Amir from confinement

State considers moving Rabin assassin to coupled segregation; Shin Bet opposes, says he poses risk of ideological indoctrination to inmates.

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Rights group calls for Yigal Amir's release from isolation

Physicians for Human Rights objects to "psychological damage" caused by solitary confinement of Yitzhak Rabin's assassin.

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Another Tack: Shades of the shadow

Only Israeli judges possess infallible preternatural penetrating powers to ferret out a girl’s deepest and darkest secrets.

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