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Class Action (Tel Aviv) 11278-10-19 Yehoshua Klein v. Oil Refineries Ltd. - part 135

January 13, 2026
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The witness, Dr. S.  Libiki: ok, I think the answer is really the same here, that the ambient air measurements measure what people breathe, and that is the standard for how to analyze community exposure.

Interpreter, Idit:      The answer is the same here, I think.  Measurements of ambient air measure what people breathe, and this is the standard in relation to how community exposure is analyzed

Adv. Mr. A.  Amorai:          Ma'am, I would like a direct answer.  I want you to tell our honorable judge That there is no significance to measurement near chimneys and factories As far as the residents who live a kilometer from the factory and the chimneys, tell us that.

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Interpreter, Idit:      The residents are not exposed to the same air that is the air emitted from the chimney. 

Adv. Mr. A.  Amorai:          That's not what I asked. 

The Honorable Judge D.  Chasdai:          Soon.

Adv. Dr. Tal Rotman:         Wait, she's not finished. 

The witness, Dr. S.  Libiki: It is diluted.  It is dispersed in air and diluted

Interpreter, Idit:      It disperses in the air and is diluted

The witness, Dr. S.  Libiki: before it ever reaches any residential location.

Interpreter, Idit:      Before it reaches any destination, a place where there are residents

The witness, Dr. S.  Libiki: And if you want, you can take an example of where emissions from the chimney never reaches the community, and an example of that is..

Interpreter, Idit:      I can give you an example of a place where emissions from the chimney never reach the community And the example I'm referring to.

The witness, Dr. S.  Libiki: when the air is blowing from the hills towards the sea

Interpreter, Idit:      When air blows from the hills towards the sea

The witness, Dr. S.  Libiki: and the emissions from the chimney are swept out to sea.

Interpreter, Idit:      And the emissions from the chimneys are swept into the sea

The witness, Dr. S.  Libiki: I am not saying that happens all the time,

Interpreter, Idit:      I'm not saying that's what's happening all the time

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