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Yigal Amir

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Yigal Amir (Hebrew: יגאל עמיר; born May 31, 1970) is an Israeli right-wing extremist who assassinated incumbent Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin on November 4, 1995, at the conclusion of a rally in Tel Aviv, Israel. At the time of the murder, he was a law student at Bar-Ilan University. Amir is serving a life sentence for murder plus six years for injuring Rabin's bodyguard, Yoram Rubin, under aggravating circumstances. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yigal Amir has received more than 1,380,508 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Yigal Amir is the 171st most popular extremist (down from 153rd in 2019), the 215th most popular biography from Israel (down from 210th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Israeli Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Yigal Amir ranks 171 out of 209. Before him are Stand Watie, Joseph Kony, Viktor Bout, Mary Surratt, Charles Starkweather, and Luis Posada Carriles. After him are Fred West, Stanley Williams, Brigitte Mohnhaupt, John Haigh, Frank James, and John Christie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Yigal Amir ranks 72. Before him are Erik ten Hag, Kevin Smith, Édouard Philippe, Naomi Klein, Todd Phillips, and Djalminha. After him are Shemar Moore, Justin Chambers, Vadim Krasnoselsky, Queen Latifah, Nicolas Winding Refn, and Shonda Rhimes.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Yigal Amir ranks 215 out of 430. Before him are Yuval Ne'eman (1925), Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas (1843), Moshe Ya'alon (1950), Emile Habibi (1922), Yvan Attal (1965), and Dalia Itzik (1952). After him are Naomi Shemer (1930), Mordechai Gur (1930), Judea Pearl (1936), Arik Einstein (1939), Dan Halutz (1948), and Gali Atari (1953).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Israel

Among extremists born in Israel, Yigal Amir ranks 5. Before him are Abu Nidal (1937), George Habash (1926), Sirhan Sirhan (1944), and Wadie Haddad (1927).

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