BYE BYE GAZA - Barry Chamish

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an American F-14 crashed into Haifa Harbor killing its two
man crew. An hour later, from Geneva, Shimon Peres
declared that the accident proves Israel must leave Lebanon.
The next day, four engineers from Israel Aircraft Industries
were killed when an Arab truck driver smashed their car. One
was the chief navigation engineer for the helicopter division.
You can draw your own conclusion if this is all coincidental. I
sure don't think so.
Three times Eskin told the judge that I also wrote that Peres
caused the helicopter crash, which I never did. And that
came from coaching.
Then things became positively weird. After the trial, I went to
the court secretary for a copy of my verdict. I have been to
too many trials in my life and know the procedure. It is
printed out on the spot. Now, I needed that verdict to prepare
my appeal, but I was told it wasn't ready. I replied that I had
only 15 days to file an appeal and I needed that verdict. I
was told it would be mailed to me.
I called my attorney Dov Eben-Or who was astounded that
the judge overturned his arguments. But he was astonished
that I didn't have the verdict to send him. The court had to
issue it to me on the spot. That is a basic legal right.
One week passed and no verdict arrived in the post. So, I
called the Jerusalem district court to enquire what was going
on. Here was the conversation.
BC: I'd like to know if you posted me my verdict. (I gave the
file number)
Court Secretary: Let me check. No, you have to get it from
Mr. Eskin.
BC: What does that mean? I have to get it from you. Where
is it?
CS: There is a problem. It's still in the computer. We can't
recover it right now.
BC: Why not?