JERUSALEM ( CNN ) -- Two Israeli television channels have dropped plans to air full-length versions of telephone interviews they conducted with the man who assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin . Late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin holds a press conference in 1994 . In the wake of a torrent of public criticism , Israeli broadcast channels 2 and 10 said they decided not to air the entire interviews each did this week with convicted killer Yigal Amir . Both channels teased the interviews in their news broadcasts Thursday evening in advance of the upcoming 13th anniversary of Rabin 's murder . In the excerpt aired Thursday by Channel 10 , Amir explained , in part , how the notion of killing Rabin came to him at a wedding he attended . Amir said Rabin was one of the guests at the wedding . `` He sat by the table with only a bodyguard next to him , '' Amir said . `` If I were to shake his hand , I could have easily shot him . I was in eye contact with him ; I was inside with a gun right next to him . I saw that it was easy , and I said to myself that I will regret not having killed him in a couple of years . '' Amir also claimed he was influenced by rightist Israeli politicians Ariel Sharon , Rafael Eitan , and Rehavam Ze'evi -- `` all those who understand the military ; who said that the agreement ( the Oslo Accords ) would bring catastrophe . You do not need a rabbi for this . '' The Israeli Prisons Authority said it was unaware that Amir had done the interviews , which require prior departmental permission . As a result , Amir has been moved to a higher-security prison where his phone calls , family visits , and conjugal visits have been revoked , according to a Prisons Authority spokesman . On November 4 , 1995 , Amir shot Rabin as Rabin was leaving a rally in Tel Aviv in support of the Oslo Accords , which set out a plan for a permanent peace between Israel and the Palestinians .
The Israeli broadcasters say they decided not to air the entire interviews . Both channels teased the interview with Amir Amir in their news reports . Israel : Notion of killing Palestinians came to him at a party . He also claimed he was influenced by rightist Israeli politicians .