Hebron shooter’s lawyer: Corporal gave damning testimony to ‘save his skin’

Elor Azaria’s Defense Attorney Yoram Sheftel casts doubt on testimony of an IDF corporal who testified that Azaria told him the assailant deserved to die.

The defense attorney says the corporal, whose name cannot be published, gave his testimony when he was under arrest and accused of not preventing the shooting. Thus, Sheftel says, the soldier could have been looking to “save his skin” by testifying against Azaria.

Later outside the courtroom, an IDF official disputes Sheftel’s claim, telling The Times of Israel that the corporal was not under arrest when he gave his testimony.

— Judah Ari Gross

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