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Israeli President Isaac Herzog granted Defense Minister Israel Katz's request to expunge the criminal record of Elor Azaria, the former soldier convicted of killing an incapacitated Palestinian stabber, Abdel Fattah al-Sharif, in Hebron in 2016. The decision, made against the IDF's official opposition, removes employment restrictions on Azaria six years early and has reignited a case that long divided Israeli society.