ISRAEL: Attorneys from a non-existent law-firm appeared as Public Defenders for whistle-blower Rafi Rotem...

In short, it is likely to be a falsified protocol and a falsified decision by Judge Yael Pradelsky. Such conduct was repeatedly reported in the Israeli courts in recent years, and judges face no disciplinary action for it...

On top, the protocol and decision were never served by the Court...

And the Clerk of the Court refuses to certify these records "True Copy of the Original"... [^v]

And Attorney Sadeh refuses to respond on a written request by Defendant to review the Protocol and seek corrections if it is incorrect... [^vi]

Rafi Rotem, the defendant, was under the impression that Attorney Sadeh was authorized as a public defender, since Sadeh was an attorney from the law-firm of Attorney Neil Simon, who Rotem thought was a duly authorized. However, none of these notions had any documentary support in the court file.

So on September 16, 2004, a visit was taken in the offices of the law-firm in the center of Tel-Aviv...

In the lobby of the building on 2 Bloch Street, the sign, shown above was found. A similar sign was posted also on the third floor:

Barkan & Simon Law Office

Attorney Nir Barkan

Attorney Neil Simon

Attorney Itzik Sadeh
______

In the office there was only one person, who identified himself as Attorney Nir Barkan. He adamantly denied the existence of the law-firm of Barkan & Simon, whose sign hangs near the entrance door of the office he was sitting in...

Consequently, attempt was made to inspect the Tel-Aviv Public Defenders' Book. Access to this important public record was denied.

Moreover, prior to the inspection, the head of the Tel-Aviv District Public Defender office asked to meet me. I never asked to meet him, and there was no need for such meeting, relative to the exercise of the right to inspect the Public Defenders' Book.

During the meeting he tried to provide lame excuses to justify the unauthorized appearance of Attorney Sadeh as Rotem's Public Defender. Among other excuses: [ ^vii ]

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