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Court to hold urgent hearing on delaying start of Azaria’s prison term
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA military appeals court agrees to hold an urgent hearing Tuesday on delaying the start of the prison sentence of an Israel Defense Forces’ soldier convicted of shooting dead a wounded Palestinian stabber, a day before he is set to be put behind bars.
The Military Court of Appeal’s decision comes after Elor Azaria requested from the court that it hold the hearing.
The request from Azaria was made by his lawyer Yoram Sheftel, who, in a letter to the Military Court of Appeals, said the case’s “uniqueness” justified a delay and that a ruling determining the sentence must start on the court-mandated date was “baseless,” Channel 2 reported.
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