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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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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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2)CaseCalendar,p12
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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.
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Decision and protocol records, as received upon inspection from the Office of the Clerk printouts
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20140224NetHaMishpatscreenprints,showingvariousmenues,includingtheCourt'sDecisions
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20150329ProtocolA,p12,Hearing,beforeJudeTzahiUziel,TelAvivMagistrateCourt,including
two(2)decisions.
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20150625ProtocolB,p35,Hearing,beforeJudgeDanaAmir,TelAvivMagistrateCourt,including
one(1)decision.
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20150716ProtocolC,p46,Arraignment,beforeJudgeDanaAmir,TelAvivMagistrteCourt,
includingone(1)decision.[Conflictinpagenumbers.TheProtocolreschedulestheArraignment,
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20160128ProtocolD,p632,Evidence,beforeJudgeDanaAmir,TelAvivMagistrateCourt,main
interrogation,witnesses,severaldecisions,unusualconductinsideandoutsidethecourtroom.
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20160131ProtocolE,p3375,Evidence,beforeJudgeDanaAmir,TelAvivMagistrateCourt,
continuedmaininterrogation,witenesses,2030decisions,unusualconductinsideandoutsidethe
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