Tel Aviv - An Israeli court yesterday upheld a nine-month jail sentence against a student friend of the murderer of Mr Yitzhak Rabin for failing to prevent the prime minister's assassination in 1995.
A three-judge panel rejected an appeal by Margalit HarShefi (23) against her conviction for knowing about the planned murder by a right-wing extremist, Yigal Amir, and failing to prevent it. Har-Shefi, who was a law student with Amir at BarIlan university, plans to appeal again to the Supreme Court and remains free pending the appeal.