Teen Fans of Assassin Apologize to Widow
Three teenage girls who shocked the country by boasting about their admiration for the man who assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin apologized and sent letters of regret to Rabin’s widow, Leah. “I am sorry about everything,” Merav Hazan was quoted as saying by the Yediot Aharonot newspaper. “I don’t support Rabin’s murder.” The girls, all age 17, had gone to see Yigal Amir during his trial for Rabin’s killing. Amir, 26, is serving a life sentence for murder. The girls also sent apology letters to President Ezer Weizman and the education minister.
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