‘Manslaughter’ charge against soldier irks Palestinians
A "manslaughter" charge brought against an Israeli soldier who killed an unarmed Palestinian after an alleged knife attack has further eroded Palestinians' faith in the Israeli legal system, analysts and human rights experts said Tuesday.
On Monday, Elor Azaria, 20, was indicted by an Israeli military court for acting without "operational justification" when he shot Abdel-Fattah al-Sharif, 21, in the West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil) in an incident captured on video and published by Israeli human rights group B'Tselem.
Prosecutors had already decided in March not to pursue a murder charge against Azaria.
