Why didn Rabins bodyguards kill Amir?
Gillon’s trip abroad is one of the facts that conspiracy theorists raise in suggest that the acute operational failure to which the former Shin Bet chief refers was in fact part of a conspiratorial setup to allow Amir to get close to Rabin and to fire what members of his bodyguard detail reportedly shouted out were “Blanks! Blanks!” Indeed, a series of eyewitnesses, including Shin Bet and Police officials provide evidence why Amir was not indeed “shot down … like a dog.” Witnesses stated that Amir shouted, “It’s nothing … they’re blanks. It’s a toy gun.” A Shin Bet (secret service) agent testified that “I heard a policeman shout to people to calm down. The shot is a blank.” Policeman Moshe Ephron stated: “The shots didn’t sound natural. If they were real shots, they should have sounded much louder.” Leah Rabin stated her husband did not stagger and fall after apparently being shot at close range. “He was standing and looking very well.” She also said that she was kept from seeing h
