The Hebron shooter trial may be the most important trial of our era, even surpassing that of former prime minister Ehud Olmert.
In many ways it symbolizes a much broader struggle over Israeli identity as the country decides how to confront the ongoing Third Intifada.
Officially, the main character in the story is IDF Sgt. Elor Azaryah, who shot and killed Abdel Fatah al-Sharif in Hebron on March 24 after he had been neutralized while trying to attack soldiers.
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