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Class Action (Tel Aviv) 11278-10-19 Yehoshua Klein v. Oil Refineries Ltd. - part 12

January 13, 2026
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A:        This?

Q:        Nope.  This.  You're holding it now.

A:        Yes, yes.

Q:        This.  Was it in front of your eyes and you copied it into your opinion?

A:        From Acwiki, a meeting place on the subject of social ecology.  It could be

Q:        Maybe.  Maybe. 

A:        Maybe.  Yes (pp. 226-231).

  1. This was also shown to Dr. Shlita later on, and towards the end of his cross-examination, that pages 5-7 of his opinion were also copied from the EquiWiki website, and he replied, inter alia, as follows:

Q:          You have all kinds of exhaust sources there.  I suggest to you, in order to save, that it is not the result of an examination that you conducted, But it's also simply copied from Wiki.

A:           It's copied, I don't know from Aquiki, it's copied, yes, I think something from environmental protection.

[....]

Q:           You have, you are referring to all kinds of emission sources. 

A:         True

Q:           You've checked the same data?

A:            No, I treated it as it was written, I didn't check every one

Q:           As it was written, where?

A:            I say what, is this an environmental protection report?

Q:           Yes

A:            No, it's not my invention here, not a word, I copied everything

Q:           Yes.  But we ask you,

A:            I didn't test them.

Q:           It's important to us, and that's why we're asking you.

A:            And I didn't check schedules

Q:           Didn't you check and didn't check schedules?

A:            True

[...]

Q:           Is there another expert who gave an overview of the sources of emissions in the Haifa Bay area?

            A:        I can't tell you because I don't know. 

(pp. 298-299).

  1. In the continuation of his cross-examination, Dr. Shlita replied regarding the alleged copying in his opinion from the EquiWiki website, as follows:

Q:            Why didn't you write in your opinion that you're copying from Wiki, that this whole thing, it's 5-10 pages in your opinion, that it's copying from WikiWiki? Why didn't you write it, that the court knew? It wasn't me who wrote it, it was EquiWiki who wrote it. 

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