A Tel Aviv resident has appealed to Israel’s Supreme Court to revoke the citizenship of Yitzhak Rabin’s convicted assassin.
Petitioner Hila Alroy said the murder of the prime minister struck at the heart of democracy and that Yigal Amir should as a result be ousted from Israeli society.
The petition cited remarks made by Amir during his trial in Tel Aviv District Court. Amir had said he acted for ideological reasons.
Amir was sentenced last month to life in prison for shooting Rabin at a Nov. 4 peace rally in Tel Aviv.
This week, a second trial opened in which Amir, along with his brother Hagai Amir and a friend, Dror Adani, were charged with plotting to kill the prime minister, conspiring to attack Palestinians and illegally possessing weapons.
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