Hagai Amir

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Hagai Amir (Hebrew: חגי עמיר‎; born 1968[citation needed]) is the brother of Yigal Amir, the assassin of Yitzhak Rabin who is serving a life sentence for his acts.

Hagai Amir was convicted for conspiracy to murder Yitzhak Rabin and planning attacks against Palestinians, as well as for various weapons charges. He is currently serving a 16 year sentence. [1]

On April 27, 2006, he was sentenced to another year in prison for threatening to have then-Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon killed. Half a year will be added to his current prison term.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Report on Human Rights Practices for 1996-Israel and the Occupied Territories
  2. ^ http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/spages/710283.html


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