Name Hagai Amir | Siblings Yigal Amir Nephews Yinon Eliya Shalom | |
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Similar People Yigal Amir, Larisa Trembovler, Yitzhak Rabin, Avishai Raviv | ||
Hagai Amir (Hebrew: חגי עמיר; born 1968) is the brother and accomplice of Yigal Amir, the assassin of Yitzhak Rabin, who is serving a life sentence for his acts.
Hagai Amir was convicted for conspiracy to murder Yitzhak Rabin and planning attacks against Palestinians, as well as for various weapons charges.
On 27 April 2006, he was convicted for threatening to have then-Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon killed. Following a trial before the Netanya Magistrates' Court, he was sentenced to a year in prison, of which half a year was to be added to his current prison term.
Hagai served his sentence at Ayalon Prison in Ramla. On 4 May 2012, he was released from prison. Since his release from prison, Hagai has been living with his parents while studying engineering and running his own welding company.
