Professor Yuval Elbashan said in remarks posted Saturday evening that the Elor Azaria affair saw the right use the soldier as a 'puppet' who shot a terrorist, while the left treated him as a devil figure. Elbashan called Azaria 'a child' caught between two political camps.
Professor Yuval Elbashan, a prominent Israeli law scholar, offered a retrospective assessment of the Elor Azaria affair in remarks posted Saturday evening. Azaria, an IDF soldier, was convicted in 2017 of manslaughter for shooting a wounded and neutralized Palestinian attacker in Hebron. Elbashan characterized the case as one in which both political camps instrumentalized Azaria: the right as a symbol of military resolve and the left as a symbol of lawlessness. 'A child,' Elbashan said, 'the right used him as a puppet who shoots a terrorist, and the other side saw him as a devil figure.' The remarks are an opinion contribution from a single source; no further context or response from other figures was provided.
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