Judge in Netanyahu trial found dead in Israel
Judge Benny Blesavitz, who presided over the trial against Netanyahu, has been found dead. Conflicting accounts of his death: suicide, accident or a settling of scores?
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Judge in the Netanyahu case found dead in controversial circumstances
Alarm bells rang in the Israeli judiciary last month. Judge Benny Blesavitz, who was presiding over the trial against Benjamin Netanyahu, was found dead. The accounts of the cause of death could hardly be more at odds.
According to some reports circulating on social media, the judge would have shot himself in the back and thrown himself from a height, a description many called openly parodic. Others, however, point to an accident or even a settling of scores. The truth is that, to this day, there is no coherent official version.
An explosive judicial context
The case comes amid a context of maximum political tension. Netanyahu faces multiple corruption proceedings, and the Israeli judiciary is at the centre of public debate. This death is not the first: another judge linked to cases against Likud reportedly died in a traffic accident in January, as reported by Antena 3.
The coincidence is, at the very least, striking. But between the official narrative and conspiracy theories, there is an information vacuum that no one seems willing to fill with facts.
Alarm bells rang in the Israeli judiciary last month. Judge Benny Blesavitz, who was presiding over the trial against Benjamin Netanyahu, was found dead. The accounts of the cause of death could hardly be more at odds.
According to some reports circulating on social media, the judge would have shot himself in the back and thrown himself from a height, a description many called openly parodic. Others, however, point to an accident or even a settling of scores. The truth is that, to this day, there is no coherent official version.
An explosive judicial context
The case comes amid a context of maximum political tension. Netanyahu faces multiple corruption proceedings, and the Israeli judiciary is at the centre of public debate. This death is not the first: another judge linked to cases against Likud reportedly died in a traffic accident in January, as reported by Antena 3.
The coincidence is, at the very least, striking. But between the official narrative and conspiracy theories, there is an information vacuum that no one seems willing to fill with facts.
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