What is Yigal Amir?
[[File:Yigal Amir Amir, November 1995 (FL45917256).jpg|thumb|Yigal Amir, 1995]] '''Yigal Amir''', [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: יגאל עמיר , (born May 23, 1970 in [[Herzliya]]) is an [[Israel]]i [[murderer]]. Amir is serving a [[life sentence]] in [[prison]] for assassinating [[Israeli Prime Minister]] [[Yitzhak Rabin]] on November 4, 1995. His motivation was political. He was strongly against the [[Oslo Accords]] and targeted Rabin because of his peace efforts with the [[Palestinians]], which he saw as against the interests of Israeli Jews. Amir is an [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jew]] from a [[Yemen]]ite [[Jew|Jewish]] background. At the time of the [[murder]] he was studying law and [[computer science]] at [[Bar-Ilan University]] and also [[Jewish law]]. Because he murdered the country's [[head of government]], this made Amir an [[assassin]]. He was found guilty and sent to prison, where he still is. Israel does not have the [[death penalty]]. == Related pages == * [[Zionism]] * [[Zionist militias]] * [[Nathuram Godse]] == References == * [http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/features/this-week-in-haaretz-1996-rabin-s-assassin-gets-life-in-prison-1.353211 Haaretz] {{Targeted killing by Israel}} {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Amir, Yigal}} [[Category:1970 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Israeli prisoners]] [[Category:Jewish Israeli criminals]] [[Category:Murderers]] [[Category:Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment]]