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.

Yigal Amir
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

 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


Twenty years on: Sketches from Yigal Amir trial reveal a murderer's smile

Artist who documented the historic trial through drawings recalls "the man who killed Rabin, laughing."

Sketch of Yigal Amir by Jack Jano

Hagai Amir questioned by police for allegedly inciting against Rivlin on Facebook

Brother of Yigal Amir writes post after Rivlin had said he would never pardon Rabin's assassin.

Hagai Amir, (3rd from L) at Supreme Court in 1995

Bill Clinton to speak at Rabin memorial rally in Tel Aviv

The former American president was close with slain PM Yitzhak Rabin.

Bill Clinton

20 years on the the future looks bleak.

The Jerusalem Post

Portrait of an assassin's wife

'Beyond the Fear'shows how Larisa Trembovler overcame both the objections of people around her and her own fears marrying Yigal Amir.

Larisa Trembovler: A ‘soul mate’ of Yigal Amir, the killer of Yitzhak Rabin.

Yigal Amir film will not play at Jerusalem Film Festival

Culture Minister Regev revokes funding for Al-Midan theater amidst a wide range of reactions.

Culture and Sport Minister Miri Regev

Yigal Amir film will not play at Jerusalem Film Festival

Regev revokes funding for Al-Midan Theater; Rivlin calls for calm in storm surrounding freedom of culture and art

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

Controversial film about Rabin assassin to be screened at Jerusalem festival

The film, Beyond the Fear, features interviews with Amir’s relatives, including his wife, Larissa, and his mother, Geula Amir.

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

Rabin's assassin wants his DVD player back

Israel Prison Service has not received Yigal Amir's petition but says they will only respond in court.

Yigal Amir

Peres at Rabin memorial rally: 'Those who give up on peace are naive'

"We, sadly, cannot bring back Yitzhak [Rabin]. But the hope for peace, we must bring back," says Israel's former president.

Thousands rally at the memorial for slain premier Yitzhak Rabin in Tel Aviv