Fact check
Is it true: Yitzhak Rabin assassination (Nov 4 1995, Tel Aviv)?
There's no solid evidence for it.
The claim that the Shin Bet deliberately enabled or encouraged Rabin's assassination is unsubstantiated. Yigal Amir confessed to and was convicted of the murder on 27 March 1996; his brother Hagai and an associate, Dror Adani, were convicted in a separate conspiracy trial. The Shamgar Commission (March 1996) documented serious Shin Bet protective-service failures, and its sections declassified in November 1997 criticised the Shin Bet's handling of its informer Avishai Raviv ('Champagne') but, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported, did not disclose anything to confirm the conspiracy theories. Raviv, who was close to Amir, was tried for failing to prevent the killing and acquitted of all charges on 31 March 2003 because the court found no evidence he knew of Amir's plan. No court finding, commission report or document in the public record shows that the Shin Bet deliberately enabled or encouraged the assassination. Second-gunman and staged-death claims have no forensic basis.
The claim
The Shin Bet (Shabak) deliberately enabled or encouraged Yigal Amir's assassination of Yitzhak Rabin on 4 November 1995, for example through its agent-provocateur Avishai Raviv or by choosing not to stop the plot, so the killing was not simply the act of Amir and his accomplices.
Key evidence
Shamgar Commission documented serious Shabak protective-service failures
Amir confessed and was convicted of murder, March 1996
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