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Yigal Amir

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Assassin

The Resume

    (May 23, 1970- )
    Born in Herzliya, Israel
    Assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (November 4, 1995)
    Sentenced to life in prison for murder, plus 14 years for injuring Rabin's bodyguard and conspiring to kill Rabin previously

Why he might be annoying:

    He was a right-wing fanatic who opposed Rabin's peace negotiations with the Palestinians.
    When told Rabin had died, he replied, 'I am satisfied.'
    He claimed he acted on the 'orders of God.'
    He stifled a laugh in court when a judge described an earlier plot to kill Rabin by pumping nitroglycerin into the Prime Minister's water pipes and setting off an explosion.
    He went on a hunger strike to protest being denied conjugal visits or being allowed to father a child through artificial insemination.
    He was caught trying to smuggle a plastic bag of semen to his wife (2006).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He is kept in solitary confinement with 24-hour camera surveilance and allowed one 15-minute phone call a day and one 15-minute visit a week.
    The Israeli Knesset passed a law banning the pardon of any assassin of a prime minister (2003).
    His lawyer argued for allowing him conjugal visits, pointing out that Palestinian terrorists imprisoned for murder were allowed them.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 40 Votes: 35.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 14 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 24 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 26 Votes: 42.31% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 43 Votes: 51.16% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 20 Votes: 65.00% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 41 Votes: 78.05% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 48 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 66 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 71 Votes: 73.24% Annoying