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

Hagai Amir questions Rabin assassination

Accomplice to the Rabin murder and brother of assassin Yigal Amir, takes to Facebook to highlight "open questions."

AUGUST 1, 2012ByBEN HARTMAN

Yigal Amir to leave solitary confinement within days

Prison Service says Rabin assassin will be moved to a cell with two to four carefully selected prisoners.

JULY 4, 2012ByYAAKOV LAPPIN

Metzger: Amir's reaction a 'disgrace, chutzpah'

Chief rabbi decries Hagai Amir's lack of remorse for involvement in Rabin murder upon release from jail; Labor MKs honor Rabin.

MAY 4, 2012ByBEN HARTMAN, JPOST.COM STAFF

Rabbi Metzger: Amir's reaction a 'disgrace, chutzpah'

Residents of settlement where Amir to spend weekend hang signs reading "thou shall not kill,"; Yacimovich reacts to Hagai Amir's release with "nausea, disgust."

MAY 4, 2012ByJPOST.COM STAFF

Hagai Amir, co-conspirator in Rabin murder freed

Amir walks out of Ayalon Prison a free man, after serving a 16-year sentence for conspiracy to commit murder, possession of a firearm for his part in the Rabin assassination; activists protest outside gate.

MAY 4, 2012ByBEN HARTMAN, JPOST.COM STAFF

Yigal Amir's brother, co-conspirator, to be freed

Amir was sentenced to 16 years for conspiracy to commit murder, possession of a firearm for his part in the Rabin assassination.

MAY 3, 2012ByBEN HARTMAN

No exceptions to ‘Thou shalt not kill’

My parents taught me that killing is wrong, especially to settle an argument. So why did some of my friends say it was okay to kill Yitzhak Rabin?

NOVEMBER 13, 2011BySHALEV FRIEDMAN

On Rabin and Gedalya

Just as I fast on Tzom Gedalya each year, I also fast on the 12th of Heshvan, the anniversary of Rabin’s assassination.

NOVEMBER 5, 2011ByILAN BLOCH

Peres eulogizes Rabin at assassination site

At memorial, president declares late PM as one of the great leaders of Israel: "He paved path to peace, history will respect his memory."

NOVEMBER 4, 2011ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

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.

OCTOBER 14, 2011ByYAAKOV LAPPIN