The prosecution has decided to shorten its list of witnesses
The trial of Yigal Amir, charged with the murder of the late Prime
Minister Yitzhak Rabin, commenced today (Tuesday) at the Tel-Aviv
District Court.
Amir admitted in court to having shot Rabin, but denied wanting to
murder him as a person. He shot Rabin, said Amir, as a prime minister
"to whom the Law of the Pursuer applies". Said Amir: "If he had
resigned, that would have been alright too. I did what I did by reason
of "Din Rodef" (Law of the Pursuer). I refrained from the act for three
years, since even under the Law of the Pursuer, other acts must first
be exhaustively employed". He expressed no regret at his action.
In reply to a question, Yigal Amir said he had shot the first round
so as to injure the Prime Minister, and had aimed at the spine. He had
shot another two rounds "to make sure". He had no intention, he said,
of hurting the security guard.
On the subject of his contacts with his brother, Haggai, and with
Dror Adani, Yigal Amir stated that these two were not his partners and
there had been no attempt at conspiracy, but they had exchanged views on
the subject. Yigal Amir admitted that his brother had made changes in
the bullets with which he had shot Rabin