Many questions have been raised against the official version of the killing. These include:
• Why did the lone video of the assassination, the Kempler video, focus in on Amir for so many minutes prior to the killing?
• Why was Amir allowed to stand, unguarded and by himself, in the area that was supposed to be sterile, as documented in the Kempler video?
• Why, in the Kempler video frame released by the government, does Amir's arm appear to be several feet long? And why is his left arm seen shooting, when he is right-handed?
• How is it that an eye-witness to the event, Miriam Oren, was filmed at the site telling reporters emphatically and repeatedly, "I saw that Rabin was not hurt"?
• How did Rabin's armored car back door close (7:18 min. into the Kempler video) as the car prepared to speed away, with Rabin inside, if no one else was in the back seat, as the car occupants later testified?
• Why was Rabin's wife, the late Leah Rabin, told at first that the entire incident was just an exercise and a fake? Why was she told in advance not to travel with her husband? [source: Ha'olam Ha'ishah magazine, Issue 193, November, 1999, page 21]
• Why was the call, "Blanks, blanks!" heard when the shots rang out? Why did the Shamgar Commission not determine who shouted this?
• Why was the assassin not killed immediately?
The last three questions have been asked publicly by Rabin's daughter, former MK Dalia Rabin-Pilosoph. Rabin's son Yuval has also raised doubts about the official version, even demanding the re-opening of the investigation into the murder.
Questions Remain; 28% of Israelis Say Amir Didn't Kill Rabin