A UN Human Rights Council representative, in a short written statement, criticized the Tel Aviv Military Court and its 18-month prison sentence handed down to Elor Azariya, for shooting dead a wounded terrorist, as ‘excessively lenient.’
A representative of the UN Human Rights Council heavily criticized the sentencing of soldier Elor Azariya this week.
Azariya, who was convicted of manslaughter for shooting a wounded terrorist, was sentenced to 18 months in prison.
Medic, Sgt. Elor Azaria, in court – Photo: Facebook
According to UN human rights spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani, the sentence imposed on Azariya was “excessively lenient.”
“We are deeply disturbed at the lenient sentence given by the Tel Aviv Military Court earlier this week to an Israeli soldier convicted of unlawfully killing a wounded Palestinian in an apparent extrajudicial execution of an unarmed man who clearly posed no imminent threat,” she told a news briefing in Geneva.
Of note is the fact that the international community, aside from the PA, barely displayed official reactions to the sentence.
Political officials hinted to Arutz Sheva the possibility that the Palestinians, together with countries supporting them in the UN, applied pressure on the UN representative to make the statement, which was only several lines long.
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