Yigal Amir to court: The personal law against me is wrong

• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF
• Published date: 29 December 2020
• Date: 29 December 2020

His lawyer, Yoram Sheftel, told N12 that "the hour has come to free Yigal Amir, not today, but yesterday."

He argued that a personal law meant to keep an individual in prison is akin to changing the rules of the game at mid-play. "This is a personal law," he insisted, "because it applies to only one person, and was only applied retroactively six years after the assassination."

Amir murdered Rabin in 1995 — the first time an Israeli prime minister who was assassinated while still in office. Amir objected to the Oslo Peace Accords and believed the elimination of Rabin would prevent the creation of a Palestinian state.

Earlier this month, Amir was denied the request to attend his son's bar mitzvah, having never been furloughed in his 25-year...