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Woman wants child by Rabin's assassin

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JERUSALEM, April 23 (UPI) -- A woman who befriended and married the jailed religious fanatic who assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, now wants to bear his child.

Larissa Trimbobler, a Russian Jewish émigré who moved to Jerusalem from Moscow in 1989, began writing to Yigal Amir after he was imprisoned with a life sentence. She sent him novels and began to have daily phone conversations with him -- which led to a friendship, the Sunday Times of London reported.

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When her marriage dissolved. Trimbobler said she fell in love with Amir, who had comforted her during the divorce. The couple married surreptitiously in an ancient Jewish ritual.

After a protracted legal battle, Amir and Trimbobler, who is also deeply religious, are fighting to have a child. The prison service, which denied them conjugal visits, has reluctantly agreed to allow artificial insemination.

Rabin's daughter, Dalia Rabin-Pelosoff, objects to the agreement.

"We believe that it is the duty of society to prevent Amir from enjoying certain rights," she said.

Trimbobler said she believes the murder was wrong, but she thinks Amir felt he had no choice. A recent poll showed 18 percent of Israelis think Amir should be pardoned.

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