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][2]
On April 27, 2006, he was convicted for threatening to have then-Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon killed.[1] He was sentenced to a year in prison, of which half a year will be added to his current prison term.[3]
References
- ^ a b jpost.com staff (2006-01-22). "Hagai Amir convicted of threatening Sharon's life". Jerusalem Post. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1137605888476&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull. Retrieved 2009-05-14. "The Magistrate's Court in Netanya convicted Hagai Amir on Sunday of threatening the life of the prime minister. [...] Amir is currently serving a 16-year sentence for his involvement in the murder of Rabin."
- ^ "Report on Human Rights Practices for 1996-Israel and the Occupied Territories". Jewish Virtual Library. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/Human_Rights/human_rts_report_Israel.html.
- ^ Azulai, Yuval (2006-04-07). "שנת מאסר לחגי עמיר בשל איומים נגד רה"מ שרון (A year jail for Hagai Amir for threaths against PM Sharon)". Haaretz. http://web.archive.org/web/20060517205541/http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/spages/710283.html. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
External links
- (Hebrew) Pitchon Pe - website of the Amir family
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