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  • Yigal Amir (L), Yitzhak Rabin's assassin, and his wife, Larissa Trimboler (R) in Ramle, Israel, September 8, 2005.
    Yigal Amir (L), Yitzhak Rabin's assassin, and his wife, Larissa Trimboler (R) in Ramle, Israel, September 8, 2005.
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    The Legacy of Yitzhak Rabin’s Killer—and His Wife

    A controversial new documentary focuses on a sensational love drama rather than the loss of a leader and its impact on a still-reeling Israeli society

    byAmir Bogen
  • Larisa Trembovler arriving at Ayalon Prison for a conjugal visit, 2006.(David Bachar/AFP/Getty Images)
    Larisa Trembovler arriving at Ayalon Prison for a conjugal visit, 2006.(David Bachar/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Fruitful

    Israel has kept Rabin’s assassin Yigal Amir in solitary confinement for more than 15 years while allowing him to father a child. In the context of exceptionally pro-natalist fertility policies, this seeming paradox makes sense.

    byRebecca Steinfeld
  • “Free Yigal Amir” protesters outside the Hasharon prison, near Tel Aviv, where he is being held.(David Furst/AFP/Getty Images)
    “Free Yigal Amir” protesters outside the Hasharon prison, near Tel Aviv, where he is being held.(David Furst/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Dissonance

    Yigal Amir assassinated Yitzhak Rabin 15 years ago in an effort to derail the Oslo peace accords. Now his wife, a Russian émigré, is trying to turn him into a heroic Soviet-style political prisoner.

    bySasha Senderovich
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