So he fled as a teenager, and left his family behind?

Oof.

Are we supposed to believe that that is what happened?

Since these people are psychopaths, maybe he murdered his family and fled. I was just thinking that to myself half jokingly, but then I remembered the Sabbatean Frankists...to them doing such a thing might be commendable.

I mean, the above bit ends with him getting commended. LOL

Or perhaps much of the above is hogwash.

The bit where he gets a state funeral in Israel is more significant.

Reads like a pack of lies