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.

AUGUST 5, 2026|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.

AUGUST 4, 2026|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.

NOVEMBER 18, 2024|ByJPOST EDITORIAL

THEN-PRIME MINISTER Yitzhak Rabin and then-foreign minister Shimon Peres attend a Labor Party meeting in 1993. Rabin had been kept in the dark by Peres about the talks in Oslo, the writer asserts.

On this day: 29 years since the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin

While officials hold an annual commemoration for Rabin on Mount Herzl, the surviving family of the visionary told Ynet they were requesting that this year’s be cancelled due to the war.

NOVEMBER 4, 2024|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Yitzhak Rabin's assassin Yigal Amir to request retrial

"A defense team is being set up to prepare and submit a request for a retrial for Yigal Amir."

NOVEMBER 18, 2017ByYONAH JEREMY BOB, ARIK BENDER

Israeli prison guards sit beside Yigal Amir (C), the assassin of Yitzhak Rabin, during a hearing in Tel Aviv district court, November 1, 2007

WATCH: Tens of thousands gather at Rabin memorial rally

Israel marks 22 years since the assassination of late premier Yitzhak Rabin in a mass rally.

NOVEMBER 4, 2017ByMAX SCHINDLER

Thousands gather at Rabin square in Tel Aviv to mark 22 years to the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin.

Dans la peau d’Yigal Amir

A travers l’analyse des motivations de l’assassin d’Yitzhak Rabin, Israël a longtemps cherché à comprendre comment il avait pu engendrer un tel fils

NOVEMBER 13, 2016ByNATAN ODENHEIMER

Yigal Amir, lors de la reconstitution de la scène du crime

Trying to understand Yigal Amir 21 years on

Why are we so afraid of talking about the prime minister’s assassin’s views and what does this have to do with the Ashkenazi-Mizrahi tensions that still haunt us today?

NOVEMBER 10, 2016ByNATAN ODENHEIMER

Yigal Amir reenacts the murder at Malchei Israel Square, that was later renamed Rabin Square

Wife of Yigal Amir: Incitement did not motivate Rabin assassination

In an interview with radio station 103FM, Larisa Trembovler stated that what she regards as a political assassination is one intended to change the leadership.

NOVEMBER 6, 2016ByJPOST.COM STAFF