Kempler video

The filmmaker was Roni Kempler, by profession an accountant with the office of the State Comptroller of Israel who was also an amateur photographer; he frequently filmed events with his handheld video camera looking for special angles.

[2] The Kempler video shows Yigal Amir lounging about or sitting on a cement planter situated at the bottom of the stairs that officials participating in the rally in support of Yitzhak Rabin's policies would pass on their way back to their cars.

The last image is of Rabin disappearing under a pile of security men to screams of horrified onlookers, after which the photographer stopped filming and hit the ground.

The Kempler video was shown three times on Israeli TV Channel 2 in late December 1995, after it acquired the rights and edited it for broadcasting.

Partially based on the Kempler video, the Shamgar commission concluded that Amir was guilty and that Carmi Gillon, head of Shin Bet, should be removed from his position.