“He and his wife Dara have been pressured to publicly support the ‘special operation’ in Ukraine — and refused,” Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt tweeted from New York where she lives.

Murderer is now tech whizz poised to make millions Hershtik.tif WHEN he was 20, Harel Hershtik planned and executed a murder. However, today he is the brains behind an Israeli health-tech start-up, poised to make millions with the backing of prominent public figures and deep-pocket investors.

With his company set to go public, Hershtik’s past is coming under new scrutiny, raising questions about whether someone who took a person’s life deserves to rehabilitate his own to such an extent.

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