{"id":5885,"date":"2017-02-21T06:13:06","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T11:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=5885"},"modified":"2017-02-21T06:13:06","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T11:13:06","slug":"israeli-soldier-jailed-18-months-killing-palestinian-attacker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2017\/02\/21\/israeli-soldier-jailed-18-months-killing-palestinian-attacker\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli soldier jailed for 18 months for killing Palestinian attacker"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Israeli soldier who killed a wounded Palestinian attacker in a high-profile case that split opinion across the country has been jailed for 18 months.<\/p>\n

Sgt Elor Azaria was found guilty of manslaughter for shooting dead 21-year-old Abdul Fatah al-Sharif in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, last March.<\/p>\n

Azaria had told a colleague that Sharif, who had stabbed another soldier, “deserved to die”.<\/p>\n

Military chiefs condemned his actions, but others praised them.<\/p>\n

The offence carries a sentence of up to 20 years, though prosecutors had called for Azaria to be jailed for between three and five years.<\/p>\n

Dozens of right-wing protesters had gathered outside the Tel Aviv Defence Ministry headquarters, where the hearing took place.<\/p>\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he would support any decision to pardon Azaria.<\/p>\n

The killing received widespread coverage after footage of the incident, filmed on a mobile phone, was shown on Israeli news programmes.<\/p>\n

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It showed Azaria cocking his gun and firing at the head of Sharif, who was lying apparently incapacitated on the ground after being shot and wounded following the stabbing attack.<\/p>\n

The military court which tried Azaria dismissed his claim that he had acted out of fear that Sharif might have been wearing an explosive vest.<\/p>\n

The killing occurred amid a wave of attacks by Palestinians that had killed 29 Israelis over the preceding five months.<\/p>\n

Following the incident military chiefs and the prime minister came under fire from right-wing sections of society – including members of Mr Netanyahu’s cabinet – for criticising Azaria’s actions.<\/p>\n

Mr Netanyahu later telephoned Azaria’s father to offer reassurance.<\/p>\n

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