Sirvash Adelan
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Global News Podcast
Netanyahu issues warning ahead of Gaza ceasefire
The details are still very sketchy. We don't know exactly who this person was, no name has given, or what his motivation was. was. What has been said is that he was an infiltrator who worked within the judiciary system.
Global News Podcast
Netanyahu issues warning ahead of Gaza ceasefire
So if he had infiltrated there and he was an employee of the judiciary, then that would make more sense in terms of how he managed to get into the offices of these two judges that he subsequently shot. The other theory that's being thrown around is given the background of these two judges who were very notorious in their persecution,
Global News Podcast
Netanyahu issues warning ahead of Gaza ceasefire
of political prisoners, in their involvement in the massacre of political prisoners back in the 80s, that this could be somehow linked to an assassination attempt politically motivated by someone who was seeking revenge.
Global News Podcast
Netanyahu issues warning ahead of Gaza ceasefire
Absolutely not. There has not been an assassination, a domestic assassination of such nature for decades now. The last time that this happened was some 20, 30 years ago when The head of Iran's notorious Evin prison back in the 80s was shot by an opposition militant. He was involved also in the massacre of political prisoners.
Global News Podcast
Netanyahu issues warning ahead of Gaza ceasefire
But nothing of this sort, with this kind of motivation, this kind of background.
Global News Podcast
Netanyahu issues warning ahead of Gaza ceasefire
Yes, we even heard reports that many people within the judiciary have been arrested. They were interrogated. The authorities are trying to get to the bottom of this. Maybe they know something more that they're not letting the public know about. But security has been stepped up around the building. Whether someone else tries to pull something off again like this, it's highly unlikely.
Global News Podcast
Netanyahu issues warning ahead of Gaza ceasefire
But Iran is in a very different place than it was some 30 years ago, at that time, people were very afraid of, you know, their worries about setting off a cycle of violence. And, you know, no one really wanted to condone assassinations.
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Netanyahu issues warning ahead of Gaza ceasefire
But today, resentment runs so high among the public and among the opposition that some people are happily condoning this assassination, including an Iranian Nobel Peace laureate who said that these judges had it coming.