High Court rejects petitions against Amir brit
Court upholds decision to allow assassin Yigal Amir to hold his newborn son's brit within prison walls despite petitions questioning Amir's paternity and asking the justice system not to reward remorseless murderer under the 'pretense of human rights'
The High Court of Justice rejected on Friday numerous petitions demanding it repeal the ruling of the Tel Aviv District Court to allow assassin Yigal Amir to hold his newborn son's brit milah at Amir's prison facility in central Israel.
The brit is scheduled to be held on Sunday, November 4th - the anniversary of Amir's assassination of late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin according to the Gregorian calendar.
One of the petitioners, notorious celebrity publicist Rani Rahav who was also an associate of the Rabin family, wrote in his appeal that "the decision to allow Yigal Amir to perform the ceremony in prison constitutes an irreversible offense against the citizens of the State of Israel."
Rahav's attorney said that Amir has never shown any remorse for the murder he confessed to committing and as such should not be entitled to such gestures from the State.
"This killer must not be treated like any other and his punishment must be severe and serve to expel him from our midst – we should not be awarding him with benefits that do nothing but promote his hateful ideology and the campaign demanding his release under the pretense of maintaining human rights.
"This undignified ruling is neither just nor judicial, lacking in logic and decency and benevolence. The only fitting thing to do here is to rescind this decision without further delay," he said.
The petition goes on to call the case a "dangerous precedent. This is the first time a murderer is being allowed to host a brit party behind the prison walls – and the first time any convicted felon is being allowed to do such a thing. And certainly the first time tax payers' money is being used by a murderer being held in isolation for a private party."
