Israel plans to indict a former undercover agent for failing to prevent the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Although Avishai Raviv did not know the precise date or plan for the slaying, he knew of assassin Yigal Amir’s intentions, Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein said. The indictment comes on the third anniversary of the assassination.
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