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Human Rights Alert (NGO)

Joseph Zernik, PhD


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2016-02-24 State of Israel v Haim Barak Cohen (50825-01-15) Tel-Aviv


Jaffa Magistrate Court Hamdani the green-eyed snake Inspection of records in Net-HaMishpat Office of the Clerk //
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InStateofIsraelvCohen,AttorneyBarakCohen,ansocialprotestactivistisprosecutedforinsulting
IsraelPoliceIntelligenceOfficerHamdani,byrecordingaandpostingayoutubesong,referringtothe
policemanasgreeneyedsnake.Thecaserevealedasequenceofevents,startingbyAttorney
Cohen'scounselingtohisclients,regardingwhatprotestanddemonstrationactionsrequirepermitby
policepursuanttothelaw,andwhichonesdonot.Suchcounselingwasfullylegal.However,itwas
consideredbyHamdanicounterproductive(sticksinthewheels)totheIsraelPoliceeffortstocoerce
protestorstoaskpoliceforpermissionforanyprotestaction,whethersuchpermissionwasrequiredby
lawornot.Inaddition,HamdaniexpectedCohentobemorecooperativewithpolice,orpossibly
workforpolice,whichCohenwasnotinclinedtodoatall.Consequently,Cohensuffered
consequences,includingpoliceviolence,falsearrests,attempttoframehimbyfalseclaimsandfalse
coplaintsfiledagainsthimbypolice.Finally,Cohenrespondedtotheharassmentbyrecodingand
uploadingtoYoutubethegreeneyedsnakesong.Hamdaniclaimedthatthesongwasdisasterousto
hislife...
AccesstopublicrecordsinNetHaMishpatisminimal,notreflectingatalltheconductofthe
prosecution.OnFebruary1,2016RequestforInspectionwasfiled.Therequestpertainedtodockets,
decisions,protocols,judgments,accesstowhichisguaranteedbylawtoanypersonincasesthatare
notlawfullysealed.Thepartiesdidnotfileanyobjection.OnFebruary19,2016DecisionbyJudge
Amirwasrendered,whichpermittedinspection,andonFebruary24,2016,inspectionwas
materialized.TherecordsreceiveduponinspectionaremissingtheOctober21,2015protocol
arraignment.Noneoftheprotocolswasdulydocketed,andthereisnowaytoascertaintheirvalidity.
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20160224/25PrintoutsfromNetHaMishpatpublicaccesssystem

1)DecisionsDocket

Atotalofseven(7)decisions,andonlyone(1)decisionbyJudgeDanaAmir(20160207pertaining
torecordscanninginstructions)appearinthepublicDecisionsDocket.Incontrast,theDecisions
FileoftheCourt'scasemanagementsystemshows6070decisions(theyarenotnumbered,andthe
dataprovidedduringinspectionisvagueseescreenprintspage13below),includingabout50
decisionsbyJudgeDanaAmir.However,asnotedindecisionbytheOmbudmanoftheJudiciary,the
decisionsintheDecisionsFolderandProtocolsFoldermayincludedrafts,whicharenotsignedbythe
judgesandarenotconsideredvalidandeffectual.
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Uziel,TAMagistrateCourt

Sagi,TAMagistrateCourt

Amir,TAMagistrateCourt

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2)CaseCalendar,p12
12,
Six(6)protocolsarelistedasexisting,butonlyfive(5)werediscoveredininspection.The201510
21Arraignmentprotocolismissing.Themissingprotocolcanbeviewedasbackgroundforthe
printed20151025PostitDecision(#9,below),anditspagenumbersare56,whichwereusedfor
otherprotocols.
NoneoftheprotocolsisdulylistedintheDecisionsDocket.Therefore,asdetailedinthe
OmbudsmanoftheJudicairydecisionintheVardaAlSheikhaffair,thereisnowaytoascertainin
printouts,receivedfromtheOfficeoftheClerk,whethersuchrecordsaresigned,validandeffectual
courtrecords,oronlyunsigneddrafts.
InNetHaMishpatinvisibleelectronicsignatureswereimplemented.Ontherecords,graphic
signaturesofthejudgesappear,whichareinsertedbystaff,andholdnovalidityoreffectatall.
The20151021protocolrecordcanbeviewedasbackgroundforPostitDecision
201510.(5),(6)
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TableofContents
Decision and protocol records, as received upon inspection from the Office of the Clerk printouts
from Net-HaMishpat
Page numbers do not include the introductory pages and Table of Contents.

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DecisionDocument

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1

20140224NetHaMishpatscreenprints,showingvariousmenues,includingtheCourt'sDecisions
Docket,whichisentirelydifferentthantheDecisionsDocketaccessibletothepublic.TheCourt's
docketshowsabout5060decisionsbyJudgeDanaAmir.Thepublicdocketshowsonlyone(1)
decision...//
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....(1)

1.

20150125

2.

20150202

3.

20150211

4.

20150329

5.

20150514

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11

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20150329,",)'
.(12.

8.

23

20151025PostitDecisionbyJudgeDanaAmirprintedontopofthemissing20151021protocol.
Thedecisionpertainstoprosecutionwitnesses.Theprotocolinthebackgroundispages56,inconflict
withthepagenumbersofotherprotocols.Seeprotocols,receivedininspection,below.
""20151021
.,.56
.

9.

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20151207

10.

20151209

11.

20151218

12.

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Protocols
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20150329ProtocolA,p12,Hearing,beforeJudeTzahiUziel,TelAvivMagistrateCourt,including
two(2)decisions.

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31.

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32.

20150625ProtocolB,p35,Hearing,beforeJudgeDanaAmir,TelAvivMagistrateCourt,including
one(1)decision.
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125

33.

20150716ProtocolC,p46,Arraignment,beforeJudgeDanaAmir,TelAvivMagistrteCourt,
includingone(1)decision.[Conflictinpagenumbers.TheProtocolreschedulestheArraignment,
whichwassupposedtotakeplaceinthathearing,tothehearingon20151021jz]
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20151021,,.
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20151021[Missingprotocolfrom20151021,Arraignmentwhichwaslistedashavingtaken
placeundertheCaseCalendar,andforwhichtheexistenceofaprotocolislisted.Accordingto
thepagenumberingsuchprotocoldoesnotexistatalljz]
,20151021]
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20160128ProtocolD,p632,Evidence,beforeJudgeDanaAmir,TelAvivMagistrateCourt,main
interrogation,witnesses,severaldecisions,unusualconductinsideandoutsidethecourtroom.
(9),,,",,,632',
.,

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36.

20160131ProtocolE,p3375,Evidence,beforeJudgeDanaAmir,TelAvivMagistrateCourt,
continuedmaininterrogation,witenesses,2030decisions,unusualconductinsideandoutsidethe
courtroom.
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.,2030

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