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Yigal Amir, who was charged with the murder of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, speaks with his lawyer Shmuel Casper at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on March 07, 2005. (Flash90)

Israeli cinema is trying — but failing — to reckon with Jewish terrorism

Four recent films explore the rise of the far right in Israel. But by exceptionalizing their subjects, they fail to get to the roots of their ideology.

By Natasha Roth-Rowland April 10, 2020

Candles with a picture of late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, at a memorial ceremony to commemorate the18th anniversary of Rabin's assassination, at the president's house in Jerusalem on October 15, 2013. Photo by Miriam Alster/FLASH90

The question Israel still hasn’t answered about Rabin’s murder

There is nothing wrong with inviting those who resisted Rabin’s policies to speak at the rally in his memory. But they need to answer one fundamental question first. By Tomer Persico Every murder is terrible in its own way, but political murder is uniquely terrible. Political murder—for example, the assassination of an elected leader—erodes the…

By +972 Magazine November 1, 2017

Palestinians from the Abu Jaber family sit on the ruins of their home that was demolished by Israeli authorities, East Jerusalem, October 6, 2015. The house belonged to the family of Ghassan Abu Jaber, who killed four worshippers in an attack on a synagogue last year. (photo: Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)

Democracy, the High Court and punitive home demolitions

Israeli politicians endlessly chastise the Supreme Court for doubting the use of punitive home demolitions. So what do the politicians do? Blame the judges for defending terrorists. By Frances Raday The spate of stabbing and vehicular attacks by Palestinian youths over the past couple of months has brought along with it a spate of punitive…

By +972 Magazine November 26, 2015

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Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, U.S. president Bill Clinton, and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat at the signing of the Oslo Accords at the White House on September 13, 1993. (Vince Musi/The White House)

What went wrong? Learning from the mistakes of Oslo

Can Israeli, Palestinian and American negotiators learn from their mistakes in order to bring about a peaceful resolution to the conflict? New negotiations offer hope like a quarter-drop of water splashed onto scorched and desiccated earth. How quickly such a drop can be absorbed as if it never was, and ground into the dust by…

By Dahlia Scheindlin July 31, 2013

Leader of the National Religious Party ("Jewish Home") Naftali Bennett (photo: Yotam Ronen / activestills.org)

Does Rabin’s assassin support Naftali Bennett?

As Benjamin Netanyahu rakes in endorsement after endorsement, first from Donald Trump and later today from Chuck Norris, his rival in the right wing bloc, Naftali Bennett (Bayit Yehudi) scored a huge run by getting the support of no other than Yigal Amir, the man who murdered Yitzhak Rabin. Lately, his brother Hagai (whom +972…

By Ami Kaufman January 16, 2013

Haaretz credit box, November 5th 1995

Rabin’s murder and the paper that was never published

A page has emerged from Haaretz’s daily op-ed pages, printed before the murder but never distributed; strangely enough, the coverage of GOP-Likud relations in a piece in the page remains as relevant as ever. Yesterday was the 17th anniversary of the murder of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Rabin’s right-wing assassin, a law student from Bar-Ilan…

By Noam Sheizaf November 5, 2012

Hagai Amir, brother of Yigal Amir and convicted accomplice to the murder of Prime Minister Rabin, upon his release from Ramla prison, where he ended serving his 16 years sentence (photo: Yonathan Shaul/Maariv)

Hagai Amir: I don’t regret Rabin’s murder, because you can’t regret a mitzvah

Hagai Amir, accomplice in the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, was released in May after serving 16 years in jail. He discusses with +972 Magazine his pride in the assassin, his brother Yigal; his contacts with Hamas representatives in prison; his views on a binational state; and more. My connection with Hagai Amir began in…

By Ami Kaufman September 1, 2012

My chat with Rabin killer’s accomplice on why ‘he was eliminated’

Remember a few weeks ago when I sent a friendship request to Hagai Amir, the brother of Rabin’s assassin Yigal Amir, on Facebook? Here’s what I wrote about it back then. Well, a few days later he accepted and we’ve been pals ever since. OK, not really. We haven’t spoken. Was never inclined to. But…

By Ami Kaufman August 13, 2012

Should I become Facebook friends with Rabin killer’s brother?

Every once in a while I decide to follow or “friend” a right wing politician or group on Facebook and Twitter. You know, to see what they’re up to. It’s not a big deal, I just press the button and – voila. But for the past few days my cursor has been hovering ever so…

By Ami Kaufman July 25, 2012