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The Kempler Video of Yitzhak Rabin's Assassination
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By David Rutstein
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The Kempler video is the seven and a half minutevideo made by Roni Kempler while standing on the roof of abuilding overlooking the scene at the Kings of Israel Squareduring the assassination of Prime Minister of Israel YitzhakRabin on November 4th, 1995 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Contents
1 Kempler video revealed to thepublic
2 Kempler disappearing from the public discourse andreturning on the Internet
3 Kempler video used toconvict Yigal Amir
4 Barry Chamish gets involved
5 Questions regarding Roni Kempler
6 David Rutstein also getsinvolved
7 Back passenger door ofthe limousine at 7:17
8 Video concentrates on Yigal Amir
9 Shimon Peres and the backpassenger door
10 Yigal Amir pulls out the gun
11 Mistake that video wasshown to the public
12 See also
13 External links
Kempler video revealed to the public
Almost two months after the Rabin assassination, Israelis wereshocked to read in their newspapers that an amateur film of theevent would be shown on Channel Two news. The filmmaker wasannounced as a "Polish tourist". However, this story changed theday of the broadcast. The filmmaker was, in fact, an Israelinamed Roni Kempler.
Kempler disappearing from the public discourse and returningon the Internet
In his sole television appearance the night his film wasbroadcast, Roni Kempler explained that he wasn't interested inmaking money. It was quickly discovered that Roni Kempler workedfor the State Comptroller's Office and was a bodyguard in theIsraeli army reserves. The Kempler video was shown on Israeli TVin its entirety two times in December 1996 and the name RoniKempler was known world-wide. In the ensuing years the video isnever shown in its entirety on Israeli TV, and the name RoniKempler is never mentioned in the Israeli media. In July 2005the video appeared on the web site yigalamir.com and has giventhe world its first opportunity to examine it in detail with theaid of computer technology.
Kempler video used to convict Yigal Amir
The Kempler video was used during the trial of convictedassassin Yigal Amir, the Shamgar Commision on the Yitzhak Rabinassassination and used for a brief period to convince theIsraeli public that Yigal Amir did, in fact, commit the murderof Rabin.
Barry Chamish gets involved
Barry Chamish, author of the book Who Murdered Yitzhak Rabin?,has written extensively on the contradictions in the Kemplervideo and the Yigal Amir murder trial. Mr. Chamish is also awell-known lecturer concerning the Yitzhak Rabin murderconspiracy in which he shows his audiences a slow motion recapof the main scenes of the Kempler video. Mr. Chamish did nothave in his possesion the entire seven and a half minute uncutvideo to distribute to the general public, and that may be thereason why the Yitzhak Rabin assasination conspiracy stillcontinues to this day.
Questions regarding Roni Kempler
A letter was published in the Israeli newspaper Maariv inJanuary 1996 from Hannah Chen of Jerusalem in which Ms. Chensuccinctly summarized some of the most blatant suspicions ofRoni Kempler. The letter read: "Allow me to add my doubts aboutthe strange facts surrounding the Yitzhak Rabin assassination.You want us to believe that Roni Kempler was a just a "regularguy" who happened to take a video of the assasination. At thebeginning of the video Roni Kempler was in the "sterile" areaand was requested to leave. So Roni leaves and goes to the roofof an adjacent building - the perfect place for an assassin. Ofcourse there were security personal on the roof but thosesecurity personal let Roni Kempler go home with the mostimportant piece of evidence that existed."
David Rutstein also gets involved
The viewing of the Kempler video in 1996 convinced Barry Chamishto write and lecture on the Rabin murder conspiracy and Israelipolitical corruption. In September 2005, David Rutstein returnedto Israel after a 15 year hiatus from the country. Mr. Rutsteinnoticed that Israeli TV, which dedicated the whole week to thelife and death of Yitzhak Rabin, did not show the seven and ahalf minute video but just a few second clip of the murderitself and many Israelis did not know that the Kempler videoeven existed. That raised Mr. Rutstein's suspicion and heresearched the Rabin murder on the internet and soon thereaftermade a partnership with Barry Chamish to bring the Rabin murderconspiracy to the entire Israeli public. Subsequently,yitzhakrabin.co.il and yigalamir.com were built in Hebrew andbarrychamish.com was built in English. In July 2005www.yigalamir.com obtained the Kempler video and shows the videofree of charge on its website.
Back passenger door of the limousine at 7:17
The event captured on the film that is the center-piece ofdoubts about the veracity of the Shamgar Commission is the backpassenger door of Rabin's limousine that closes before YitzhakRabin enters the car. To almost everyone who watches that doorclose, it appears that someone, perhaps the murderer, may havebeen waiting in the limousine for Rabin. This is in directcontradiction to the official conclusion that Rabin entered anempty car. This occurs at 7:17 of the video as well as at 8:41when repeated.
Video concentrates on Yigal Amir
But there is more on the Kempler video that contradicts theofficial findings. As the seven and a half minute video beginswe notice that the video is concentrating on Yigal Amir as Mr.Amir is by himself in the sterile area near Rabin's limousine.Mr. Roni Kempler, when interviewed, said that he concentrated onYigal Amir because of his suspicions. We also notice that twosecurity officers strike up a conversation with Yigal Amir at4:20 of the video.
Shimon Peres and the back passenger door
A few minutes later, Shimon Peres comes down the steps and walkstowards the crowd at the barrier. He accepts their good wishesand walks to a spot about a meter and a half opposite the hoodof Rabin's car. Shimon Peres is accompanied by four bodyguards.Peres stops, looks inside the back passenger door of thelimousine and then speaks to the the bodyguards. Peres and thebodyguards together look into the back passenger door of thelimousine.
At this point there is a cut. Suddenly Shimon Peres is talkingto Rabin's driver, Menachem Damti. Shimon Peres speaks toMenachem Damti, the driver, and subsequently Damti, Peres andthe bodyguards again look at the back passenger door of thelimousine. We notice in the video that Menachem Damti's head isnodding from side to side to indicate that he disagrees withsomething said by Shimon Peres.
Yigal Amir pulls out the gun
Shmon Peres enters his car and Yitzhak Rabin descends the steps.The camera now concentrates on Yitzhak Rabin and we see thebodyguard at Rabin's rear clearly stopping. The rear bodyguardstopping creates an open space and allows Amir a clear shot atthe Prime Minister. Amir draws his gun from deep inside hisright pocket, circles a student reporter named Modi Yisrael, andshoots with his left arm. At this point we see a flash of onebullet, one loud "bang" and two softer bangs. After supposedly"taking" the first bullet in the back, Yitzhak Rabin turns hisneck to see who shot him. The fuzziness or cuts of the video areobvious to even an untrained eye. At the time of the shootingYigal Amir was somewhat of a shadow. According to the ballistictestimony at the trial Rabin was shot at a very close range.Yigal Amir was far away from Rabin so the video was "cut" toextend Yigal Amir's left arm to shoot. As well, Yigal Amir isright-handed and during the re-enactment of the shooting duringthe trial Amir reenacted the shooting with his right arm, nothis left. The entire video becomes fuzzy for two seconds afterthe first shot and then the video quality returns to normal. Theback passenger door of the limousine closes. Rabin, the driverand bodyguard enter the limousine from the driver's side and thelimousine begins to travel. Soon thereafter the video stops.
Mistake that video was shown to the public
The most haunting moment of the video is the seconds beforeRabin is placed in the car, the opposite back passenger doorslams shut. This segment has been examined and tested bynumerous journalists, every shadow on the screen traced, everypossible explanation exhausted. It seems that someone waswaiting inside the car for Rabin. The question arises "Why didthey make this video if it's so incriminating?" One obviousanswer may be that "they made a mistake." That may be the reasonwhy the video is not shown or even mentioned on Israeli TV.Therefore, the majority of younger Israelis didn't even know theseven and a half minute Kempler video even exists. That is,until its sudden appearance last month and now it's the talk ofthe nation and soon the whole world as the Rabin assassinationcover-up gets blown!
See also "Shimon Peres came to power over Rabin's dead body"
The Kempler videoblog.
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