BYE BYE GAZA - Barry Chamish

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Dov wrote a request to the court to cancel the verdict based
on the false records of the trial. I had two days to notarize my
witness' statement and submit it to the Jerusalem court. Until
I did, he would fax the court his appeal draft to prove it was
in process.
Two days later, I rushed my witness to a lawyer's office, then
to the court to submit her declaration. When we got there,
guess what? Based on Dov's fax, Judge Lakhovitzky had
already ruled on his appeal. He declared that the court
recorder had made the errors and he was not responsible for
her misrecording of the proceedings. Thus, the appeal was
rejected.
Everyone complains about the slow pace of Israeli justice.
Horror stories abound of people waiting ten years or more for
a ruling on their case. Not me. I get a ruling overnight,
BEFORE the declaration of the witness is submitted to the
court.
Dov was flabbergasted. Not only does the ruling precede the
submission of the appeal, but, "This judge admits the
protocols are wrong. In that case, he has to rule for mistrial.
But worse, he's lying. He dictates the ruling to the recorder
and watches the transcript on a screen. I've never seen such
an illegal ruling."
I leave the courthouse with my witness, in utter despair. I am
a victim of trial fixing and I don't want to pursue an appeal. It
would just be more money lost trying to fight a thoroughly
rigged legal system.
The Book Fair
This year the Jerusalem Hebrew Book Fair is special. I have
two new products to push hard. My new English language
DVD called, The Deadly War Against The Settlers, has just
been released, but even more important, the Hebrew edition
of my newest book, Shabtai Tzvi, Labor Zionism And The
Holocaust is also released on the opening day of the fair.