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ISREALI: President rejects pardon for soldier

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has rejected an appeal for a pardon for a soldier jailed for 18 months for killing a wounded Palestinian attacker. Elor…

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has rejected an appeal for a pardon for a soldier jailed for 18 months for killing a wounded Palestinian attacker.

Elor Azaria was found guilty in January of manslaughter over the March 2016 shooting of Abdul Fatah al-Sharif, 21, in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank.

In January, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for Azaria, a sergeant, to be pardoned. Azaria submitted a formal request last month.

The case has divided Israeli opinion.

“President Reuven Rivlin today took the decision to deny the request for a pardon filed by Elor Azaria,” the president’s office said in a statement on Sunday. 

It added that Mr Rivlin had taken into account both the offences committed by Azaria and their circumstances.

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