The Arab League condemned on Wednesday a Zionist court sentence of 18 months in prison for a soldier who shot dead a wounded Palestinian, saying it reflected “racism”.
The military court sentenced Elor Azaria on Tuesday after he was convicted of manslaughter for killing Abdul Fatah al-Sharif in the occupied West Bank in March last year.
He also received 18 months in suspended sentences and was demoted from sergeant to private.
“The Israeli military court ruling exposes the level of Israeli disregard for Palestinian blood… and the extent of racism in the occupation’s institutions,” the 22-member bloc said in a statement.
The shooting in the West Bank city of Hebron was caught on video by a rights group and spread widely online.
It showed Sharif, 21, lying wounded on the ground, shot along with another Palestinian.
Source: AFP
