In a strange and poignant display, Channel 2 news anchor Rahav Meir wraps up a segment on the Elor Azaria trial by reading the names of dozens of victims of terror and violence over the past 16 months, saying they are the real heroes and not Azaria.
In something of a monotone, Meir reads off all the names of the more than 30 Israelis killed, starting with Alexander Levlovitz, who was killed in September 2016 when he crashed his car following a rock throwing attack in Jerusalem, and all the way to Levana Malachi and Yosef Kirima, killed in an October shooting in the capital.
Supporters of Azaria, a soldier who killed a wounded Palestinian assailant following a stabbing in Hebron in March, have tried to paint him as a hero sold out by the army. The case and trial became a lightning rod for politicians, and exposed deep societal rifts, dealing a major blow to the myth of the IDF as a uniting force across many strata of Israeli public life.
His manslaughter conviction Wednesday led to calls for a pardon from politicians and loud, angry protests against the IDF chief and judges from ultra-nationalists.
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