sergeant elor azaria shot abdul fatah al—sharif in the head while he was apparently incapacitated in hebronin the west bank. the case has divided opinion in israel. here's a look back at what we know. stay with us on bbc

. >> it took us three hours just to get through the checkpoint letting us kneel kahlil, hebron. this neighborhood has been taken over by jewish settlers and they are protected by this check poibt here, tthis israeli checkpoint, 24 hours a day. i don't know how people do it on a day-to-day basis, but i'm getting very frustrated. >> i've been here since the settlement made life. that was his whole story. we decided to go to hebron, the palestinian city in which the settlements have taken over a whole neighborhood and pushed out the palestinian majority. there we visited the home of a long-time residents and one of the few homeowners who has resisted a takeover by the settlers. >> an israel ya soldier who had served in hebron defending this very settlement is breaking the file. they are a group of israelis who served in the military and have decided to become witnesses to the injustices that take place there. they seek to educate the public through lecture and photography. >> in is not something i know from my own army. this is why the soldiers are talking, because it's so dehumani

an israel ya soldier served in hebron defending this very settlement is breaking the file. they are a group of israelis who served in the military and have decided to become witnesses to the injustices that take place there. they seek to educate the public through lecture and photography. not something i kn from my own army. this is why the soldiers are talking, because it's so dehumanizing both sides. people who sit here went to the gas chamber. >> you know, this is like -- i don't have any words. this is like the basement of anything that judaism would stand for. the army of tomorrow is the group of children today. what is there for you when you become 18? 36% of the boys have to go. 45% of them witnessed the beating and the killing of their fathers. they immediately switch from the helpless father, who could not protect them, to somebody who is more thoughtful. jews who are armed with machine guns and military jeeps victimize these children, and when we allow the children to play this game as part of the therapy, many of the children prefer to play the role of the jew in

it's minutes after two young palestinian men with knives attacked israeli soldiers in hebron.is clearly still alive. sergeant elor azaria, a 19—year—old medic, helped treat a wounded soldier, and then he did this. gunshot a single bullet to the head killed abdel fattah al—sharif. today the sergeant was in a military court, smiling to see a friend and his mother. but soon after, he was found guilty of manslaughter. judges rejected the soldier's claimed that the palestinian posed a threat and decided he shot him out of revenge. but sergeant azaria has loyal backers in a country where most young people do military service. they accuse the army of abandoning one of its own. this guy came to do an attack, to hurt families. this soldier is a hero. even the israeli defence minister spoke of this as a difficult verdict. before taking up his post, he made clear his support of sergeant azaria. and that caused tensions with the top brass here in the military headquarters. they said they command according to rules and an ethical code, not public opinion. such a high—profile trial of a sol

it's minutes after two young palestinian men with knives attacked israeli soldiers in hebron.azaria, a 19—year—old medic, helped treat a wounded soldier. and then, he did this. gunshot a single bullet to the head killed abdul fatah sharif. today, the sergeant was in a military court, smiling to see a friend and his mother. but soon after, he was found guilty of manslaughter. judges rejected the soldiers claim that the palestinian posed a threat and decided he shot him out of revenge. but sgt azaria has loyal backers, in a country where most young people do military service. they accused the army of abandoning one of its own. this guy came to do an attack, to hurt about these families. this soldier is a hero. even the israeli defence minister spoke of this as a difficult verdict. before taking up his post, he made clear his support of sgt azaria. and that caused tensions with the top brass here in the military headquarters. they have said they command according to rules and an ethical code, not public opinion. such a high—profile trial of a soldier for killing a palestinian is

caught on camera in hebron last march, a chilling moment.n and then this. gunshot. a single bullet to the head killed a wounded palestinian, abdul fatah al—sharif. sgt azaria, a medic, has helped treat a wounded soldier, one of those attacked by the palestinian and his friend. today, the sergeant was in court, smiling to see a supporter and his mother. soon afterwards, he was found guilty of manslaughter. the militaryjudges in the court here said that abdul fatah al—sharif was shot needlessly. they rejected the defence argument that he posed a threat. during the trial, the prosecution said sgt azaria acted out of revenge and broke the army's ethical code. but the 20 year old does have loyal backers, in a country where most young people do military service. they accused the army of abandoning one of its own. this soldier came to protect about little children, about families, about parents. this soldier is a hero. the military chief of staff and the minister of defence were against him. they elect the judges. they tell the judges what to decid

sharif and another palestinian had stabbed and wounded an israeli soldier in hebron before troops openeding sharif and killing the other attacker. footage shows sharif was then shot dead from a few metres away. the bbc‘s yolande knell is in tel aviv. can you tell us a bit more about the sensitivities around this and the reaction? the panel of threejudges are still handing down their verdict in this case. what they have said is they don't buy the defence claimed by the soldier that he believed that abdul fatah al—sharif continued to pose a threat, because he saw him moving. he told the court he thought perhaps he had a suicide belt underneath his jacket. but the prosecution claimed this was an act of revenge after the earlier stabbing attack on soldiers. elor azaria had been a medic and treated one who was wounded. sentencing in this case will take place at a later date. there was a small crowd of people supporting elor azaria outside the court with signs saying, the nation is behind you. there have previously been rallies in his support here in tel aviv, with thousands of people turning

shooting of the men who had just out and wounded another soldier in the west bank city of heparin -- hebronprime minister netanyahu called for him to be pardoned. british lawmakers have begun debating brexit dozens of mp standing up to pledge their support for leaving the european union, even if they feel the u.k. will be poor and more isolated as result. the debate will end in a vote on triggering article 50 of the constitution, something prime minister theresa may wants to do by the end of march. parliament'swas first opportunity to have it say on article 50, the bill that would trigger brexit. david davister presented the bill to the house of commons arching it to respect the 52% of britons who voted to leave the block in june. >> it's not a bill about whether the u.k. should leave the european union or indeed how it should do so. it is simply about empowering government to influence a decision already made, a point of return already passed. reporter: the government is seeking parliamentary approval after the supreme court ruled last week that it could not take the decision to trigger ar

caught on camera in hebron last march, a chilling moment.single bullet to the head killed a wounded palestinian, abdul fatah al—sharif. a few minutes earlier, sgt azaria, a medic, had helped treat a wounded soldier, one of those attacked by the palestinian and his friend. today, the sergeant was in court, smiling to see a supporter and his mother. soon afterwards, he was found guilty of manslaughter. the militaryjudges in the court here said that abdul fatah al—sharif was shot needlessly. they rejected the defence argument that he posed a threat. during the trial, the prosecution said sgt azaria acted out of revenge and broke the army's ethical code. but the 20—year—old does have loyal backers, in a country where most young people do military service. they accused the army of abandoning one of its own. this soldier came to protect about little children, about families, about parents. this soldier is a hero. the military chief of staff and the minister of defence were against him. they elect the judges. they tell the judges what to decide. an

wrong. , we sees also a feeling 10 minutes in the time and have brought, where we don't see -- in hebronwhere we don't see his commanders. there are questions about how the case was managed, why he was ,he most senior person there why he was doing things without orders. all of those questions are being raised by people who don't all ofunderstand perhaps the inside internal israeli military rules and that is what the israeli defense force is trying to read assert. -- reassert. when do you need orders to shoot? in this case, elor azaria did not have orders and was not allowed to shoot the man lying prone on the ground. >> what happens next? can the soldier appeal? >> we heard his lawyers speaking outside the court and he will appeal. the are going to study reasons. they said the court went too far in dismissing their witnesses. there are also calls for his sentence to be wiped. -- is sentencing will come later. there are already calls that he should not serve any sentence. that should it be a life sentence or wiped altogether. this controversial case, with all its twists and turns, will co

caught on camera in hebron last march, a chilling moment. single bullet to the head killed a wounded palestinian, abdul fatah al—sharif. sgt azaria, a medic, has helped treat a wounded soldier, one of those attacked by the palestinian and his friend. today, the sergeant was in court, smiling to see a supporter and his mother. soon afterwards, he was found guilty of manslaughter. the militaryjudges in the court here said that abdul fatah al—sharif was shot needlessly. they rejected the defence argument that he posed a threat. during the trial, the prosecution said sgt azaria acted out of revenge and broke the army's ethical code. but the 20—year—old does have loyal backers, in a country where most young people do military service. they accused the army of abandoning one of its own. this soldier came to protect about little children, about families, about parents. this guy came to do an attack, to hurt about these families. this soldier is a hero. the military chief of staff and the minister of defence were against him. they elect the judges.

just over two years ago, he described israel's control and division of the west bank city of hebron aspartheid, where palestinians were treated as second—class citizens. in the covert footage, mr masot also describes sir alan's boss, borisjohnson, in less than flattering terms. sir crispin blunt, chair of the foreign affairs select committee, described mr masot‘s comments about sir alan as outrageous and deserving of investigation. the director of the conservative friends of israel said we utterly condemn any attempt to undermine sir alan duncan, or any minister or any member of parliament. in a statement, the foreign office said: while the british government is not taking any further action, the film raises uncomfortable questions about mr masot, and just how much influence he has been able to wield. jane—frances kelly, bbc news. the foreign office said it was clear the comments did not reflect the views of the embassy or government of israel. it added that the uk had a strong relationship with israel with israel and the matter was considered closed. nicola sturgeon has insisted she i

it's minutes after two young palestinian men with knives attacked israeli soldiers in hebron.een shot. one is dead and one is clearly still alive. sergeant elor azaria, a 19—year—old medic, helped treat a wounded soldier, and then he did this. gunshot a single bullet to the head killed abdel fattah al—sharif. today the sergeant was in a military court, smiling to see a friend and his mother. but soon after, he was found guilty of manslaughter. judges rejected the soldier's claimed that the palestinian posed a threat and decided he shot him out of revenge. but sergeant azaria has loyal backers in a country where most young people do military service. they accuse the army of abandoning one of its own. this guy came to do an attack, to hurt families. this soldier is a hero. even the israeli defence minister spoke of this as a difficult verdict. before taking up his post, he made clear his support of sergeant azaria. and that caused tensions with the top brass here in the military headquarters. they said they command according to rules and an ethical code, not public opinion. such

he shot dead a wounded palestinian man in hebron last march.ion. you can see the soldier circled in red, cocking his rifle. the man in blue was shot. he was called abdul fata h blue was shot. he was called abdul fatah al—sharif. a few minutes earlier, a soldier had been stabbed by abdul fatah sharif and one other man. israeli troops had then shot both of them — killing the other man, and wounding sharif. sergeant azaria told the court thought there might be a suicide belt under abdul fatah sharif‘s jacket. three militaryjudges saw it differently. in the last couple hours, the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has reacted to the verdict on his facebook site. the prime minister calling for a pardon, thejudges have said that the soldier shot dead someone on the floor who represented no immediate threat to the accused. we now have more on this story and the reaction. the family of abdul fatah al—sharif as did israeli human rights groups. there have been politicians talking about this, the defence minister had spoken before taking up his cur

two years ago he described israel's control of the west bank city of hebron as nothing short of apartheidns were treated as second—class citizens. mr masot described boris johnson in less than flattering terms. the chairman of the foreign affairs select committee described as mr masot‘s comments about mr johnson as outrageous and worthy of investigation. the chairman of friends of israel said, we utterly condemn any attack. the foreign 0ffice condemn any attack. the foreign office said the israeli ambassador has apologised for the dot... while the british government is not taking any further action, the film raises uncomfortable questions about mr masot, and just how much influence he has been able to wield. the authorities in florida have charged a 26—year old iraq veteran with the shooting at fort lauderdale airport which killed five people and injured several others. there are questions about why esteban santiago — who'd told the fbi he heard voices and was being controlled by the us government — was allowed to keep his weapon after being interviewed last year. the queen has recovered

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hebron is part of the two-state solution going to the palestinians. how do the palestinians deserve the land that was given as a promise land 1,600 years before mohammed even existed? i can't vote for the resolution when we're advocating what joel 3 says will bring judgment down upon our nation for trying to partition israel. can't do it. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> mr. speaker, i rise to read a letter from my constituent, mrs. hern of alexandria, virginia. quote, congressman buyer, we are a family of four. mr. beyer: the company my husband worked for went bankrupt in 2009 after the 2008 financial meltdown, losing income, retirement savings and health care. he now owns a small business and we now get our hurricane insurance through health care.gov. we need you to defend on the a.c.a. we depend on the avai

who was reportedly a suspect in a stabbing earlier in the day, lying immobilized on the ground in hebron in the israeli-occupied west bank. the video then appears to shows israeli sergeant elor azaria firing a single shot into the man's head from a close distance, killing him. azaria's conviction today comes as a new report by the human rights group defense for children international says israeli soldiers killed 32 palestinian children in the west bank and east jerusalem last year, the highest number in a decade. in puerto rico the new governor , ricardo rossello has promised to push immediately for u.s. statehood in his inaugural speech monday, sayining there cn be no resolutionon to the isla's economic crisis while puerto rico remains a territotory of te united statetes. >> t there is no way to overcome the current crisis that affects puerto rico, while maintaining this colonial condition. act the time has come too and to defend the dignity and rights to equality of puererto ricans as citizens of the united states of america. amy: the p puerto rican governo. fox news anchor megyn kelly

just over two years ago, he described israel's control and division of the west bank city of hebron as short of apartheid, where palestinians were treated as second—class citizens. in the covert footage, mr masot also describes sir alan's boss, borisjohnson, in less than flattering terms. sir crispin blunt, chair of the foreign affairs select committee, described mr masot‘s comments about sir alan as outrageous and deserving of investigation. ina the director of the conservative friends of israel said we utterly aaaaaaaaaa condemn any attempt to undermine sir alan duncan, or any minister or any member of parliament. in a statement, the foreign office said: a while the british government is not taking any further action, the film raises uncomfortable questions about mr masot, and just how much influence he has been able to wield. jane—frances kelly, bbc news. theresa may is promising to introduce wide—ranging social reforms, to correct what she calls the "everyday injustices" faced by ordinary working families. in an article for the sunday telegraph, she says she wants to build a "share

sergeant elor azaria was based in hebron, he was somebody who was a medic in the israeli army, servingd soldier who was hurt in that knife attack on the 24th of march last year but then there is that disturbing video that shows him some 15 minutes after that initial attack when both palestinian men, both attackers lying on the floor, one of them instead, the other one, abdul fatah al—sharif, is a p pa re ntly other one, abdul fatah al—sharif, is apparently incapacitated lying on his back when the young soldier, he was 19 at the time, coxes gunman fires a single bullet into his head. this became an almost unprecedented public trial for an israeli soldier for killing a palestinian, and it has taken place over several months, it has been extremely divisive in israel. we have only now heard the threejudges, militaryjudges in a panel delivering the verdict, they said it was a unanimous verdict that he was guilty of manslaughter. and over the course of two and a half hours they went through the defence argument saying why they found against them. basically sergeant elor azaria made the case

palestinian fidel was shot and killed in the city of hebron on october 17th in front of an idf soldier and no action was taking. this is a recurring trend. it's part of a system of violence and system of occupation. one way that the u.s. is connected to this is we -- our government gives $3.8 million every year to the israeli government for arms and that includes anything from helicopters to bullets to guns. you name it. and so that is one -- i mean, we saw in 2014 this is where our taxpayer dollars went. it was to the murder of thousand -- of over 1,000 palestinians, many of which were children. the last method that i think most people probably are most connected to is the training of police forces in the west bank. so a lot of police departments, i'll give you a whole list of states, d.c., baltimore -- does anybody remember when freddie gray was murdered last year? raise your hand if you do. yes. so the baltimore police department was trained in the west bank and they're taking these tactics and exchanging tactics and applying them on black citizens, people of color here, and people