JERUSALEM, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Yigal Amir, the assassin of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, was allowed to talk to reporters Thursday for the first time in his 15-year imprisonment.
Amir, 39, was in court for a hearing on extending his period of solitary confinement for another six months, Ynetnews.com reported. He has been held in solitary since his arrest after shooting Rabin in November 1995.