Radical Indicted in Rabin Murder Case
An informer for Israel’s intelligence agency who befriended Yitzhak Rabin’s assassin was indicted on charges that he failed to stop the prime minister’s murder. The indictment accused Avishai Raviv, a former Shin Bet informer, of failing to tell his supervisors about Jewish ultranationalist Yigal Amir’s repeated threats against Rabin. Amir shot Rabin as he left a Tel Aviv peace rally in November 1995. Raviv created the radical group Eyal, which called for violent resistance to land-for-peace agreements and was known for virulent anti-Rabin protests.
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