Yigal Amir's Request to Visit Sick Father Denied; Wife Criticizes National Security Minister

Larisa Amir-Trembovler, the wife of Yigal Amir, the assassin of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, has strongly criticized National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir following the denial of her husband's request for a special leave to visit his ailing father. Amir-Trembovler stated that Yigal Amir submitted the request on September 9, citing a deterioration in his father's health. She described a three-week process of filling out forms and providing details for the potential leave, which she believed created hope for approval. She questioned whether appeals made to Ben-Gvir would influence the decision, framing the request as humanitarian and criticizing the minister for having "full authority to sign off on such an exceptional leave."

The denial was communicated to Amir's lawyer on October 1st. The response cited Amir's dangerousness, opposition from intelligence and security officials, and a lack of medical justification for the leave. The document stated that after reviewing the medical information for Amir's father, no grounds were found to approve the request based on medical reasons, considering the specified criteria.

Amir-Trembovler sarcastically attacked the justification of her husband's dangerousness, writing, "The State of Israel will undoubtedly be in danger if a 56-year-old prisoner, already serving 31 years behind bars, spends a day or half-day with his critically ill 85-year-old father." She also contested the claim of no medical justification, stating her father-in-law is battling spinal and bone cancer with metastases, has undergone heart surgeries, and suffers from diabetes. She suggested that medical reasons are only considered sufficient when the patient is on their deathbed, implying his father's condition should have warranted approval.