President Rivlin rejects a request for a pardon by an IDF soldier convicted of manslaughter for killing an incapacitated Palestinian stabber in Hebron last March.
Azaria’s months-long trial and conviction revealed deep rifts in Israeli society, with some hailing him as a hero and others deploring his actions.
Azaria maintained throughout his trial that he shot and killed the attacker, Abdel Fattah al-Sharif, because he feared he was fitted with a bomb.
A military court, however, dismissed the testimony and sentenced him to an 18-month prison term that was later commuted to 14 months by IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot.
Earlier this month, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman urged Rivlin to pardon Azaria, saying it would help “stitch together the rips” in Israeli society.
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