Rabin honored at memorial rally
More than 100,000 Israelis gathered in the Tel Aviv square where Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated 12 years ago to pay tribute to him.
They also protested a court ruling that would allow Yigal Amir, the Orthodox Jewish assassin serving life in prison, to attend his son’s circumcision, scheduled for today, the anniversary of Rabin’s slaying.
Amir has been permitted conjugal visits over the last year with his wife, whom he married by proxy while in prison. A son was born a week ago.
An Israeli court rejected his request to leave jail for the ceremony but said it could take place within the prison walls.
“This is a memorial rally that is also a protest rally,” Rabin’s daughter, Dalia Rabin-Pelossof, said before the gathering.
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