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How much support does IDF soldier charged in Hebron shooting really have?

The rally supporting the IDF Hebron shooter attracted only a small crowd, while the majority of Israelis side with Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot.
Supporters of Elor Azaria, an Israeli soldier charged with manslaughter by the Israeli military after he shot a wounded Palestinian assailant as he lay on the ground in Hebron on March 24, hold balloons before a protest calling for his release in Tel Aviv, Israel April 19, 2016. REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RTX2APM6
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Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square has been the site of many large demonstrations. It has been the venue of rallies by the right and the left in favor of a deal with the Palestinians and against, of protests on ideological issues of principle and of socio-economic turmoil, but the most bizarre of them all was the April 19 rally in support of the soldier who killed a wounded Palestinian in Hebron on March 24.

I came to Rabin Square to see with my own eyes what kind of people would turn out and whether Elor Azaria, the soldier who shot and killed the wounded Palestinian assailant, had truly become a national hero, or whether it was simply an illusion created by right-wing activists on social media.

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