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Israeli president overrules military to pardon soldier who killed incapacitated Palestinian attacker

By Oren Liebermann, Dana Karni, CNN (CNN) — Israeli President Isaac Herzog pardoned a soldier who shot and killed an incapacitated Palestinian attacker in the occupied West Bank in 2016, despite opposition from the military’s chief of staff. Announcing the move on Saturday, Herzog said the decisi...

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