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Yitzhak Rabin’s assassin calling celebs, politicos to join party that wants him freed

Channel 13 TV reported that Amir had been in touch from prison with political and media figures to gain publicity and support for the political party.

By World Israel News Staff

The fact that a political movement aiming to free Yigal Amir, the man convicted and imprisoned for assassinating Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995, ultimately did not register last week for the September 17 Knesset election has not prevented it from getting media coverage.

“It wasn’t immediately clear why the party, Nura Deliba, did not submit its list,” writes Times of Israel.

The registration deadline was August 1st.

Channel 13 TV reported that Amir had been in touch from prison with political and media figures to gain publicity and support for the political party.

Among those he reportedly contacted was rapper Yoav Eliasi, better known as “The Shadow,” known for controversy, strong language, and staunchly right-wing views.

However, Eliasi declined, saying that he did not agree with Amir’s views and indicating that he was concerned that perhaps the authorities were setting him up.

The phone call from the solitary confinement jail wing where Amir is held, says Channel 13, came about two weeks ago.

“I understand that you have a site that has hundreds of thousands of followers,” Amir reportedly said to The Shadow.

“In the Russian sector, a movement has been set up to free me,” the convicted assassin continued.

Amir said that the party’s hundreds of supporters ranged from pensioners to academics.

According to Amir, the objectives of the new party also include changing the “media map” in Israel, arguing that they are “all in the hands of the left.”

“I’ve never stammered before,” said The Shadow in the Channel 13 report, referring to his response to Amir. “This time I stammered.”

He explained that despite his sharp right-wing views, “in what world are he and I on the same side?  A person accused of murdering an Israeli prime minister. The Rabin murder brought us down to our knees and tore us apart… He and I will never be on the same political side.”

However, Amir’s wife, Larisa Trembovler, who was born in Russia, denied any connection to the party, says Channel 13.

“A group of people from the former Soviet Union approached me. It is their initiative. Yigal Amir is not involved in it,” said Trembovler.