IMW Lada'at - "Raviv says he knew of plan to kill Rabin" by Ari Shavit

Shin Bet agent Avishai Raviv admitted several days after the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin that he knew of Yigal Amir's intention to kill the prime minister, Ha'aretz has learned.

In interrogations previously denied by the Shin Bet, which took place several days after the November 4, 1995, assassination, Raviv told his interrogators that he had on several occasions heard Amir publicly proclaim that there was a halachic commandment (din rodef) to kill Rabin. On those occasions, Raviv told interrogators that he let Amir understand that, from a religious point of view, he agreed with him.

The Attorney General's Office recently decided to put Raviv on trial for incitement and failure to prevent Rabin's assassination.

Raviv was employed by the Shin Bet in order to infiltrate right-wing organizations and pass on information regarding their activities.

In his November 1995 testimony at the Petah Tikva police station, Raviv also admitted to knowing that Yigal Amir's brother, Hagai, had in his possession the type of bullets that were eventually used to kill Rabin.

In a separate Shin Bet interrogation on the same day, Amir told his interrogators that Raviv had known of his general intention to murder Rabin.

In response to the report, Justice Ministry spokeswoman Eti Eshed cited the attorney general's decision to try Raviv and refused to make any comment on specific evidence in the case. She added that Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein has emphatically denied any allegations of a conspiracy surrounding the assassination.

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