The man who admitted assassinating Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was in court Monday. Again he expressed no regrets for his actions. His court appearance comes amid new revelations of his involvement with Israeli security forces.
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"There was a colossal failure of the General Security Service (GSS) which led to Rabin's assassination. They had many tips and many leads about Amir's intention to murder the prime minister and they ignored them," said Yossi Melman, an intelligence expert.
Asked about his feelings during a police investigators re- enactment of the assassination, Amir said, with Rabin's death, "Justice has been served."
Disclosure of Amir's connection to Israeli security, and that another man, initially detained as a possible accomplice, was a Shin Bet informer, has temporarily shifted the focus of blame away from right wing extremists to the failures of the government security agencies. Avaishi Raviv was apparently secretly reporting to Israeli security while at the same time he was handing out fliers of Rabin dressed as a Nazi SS officer.
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