(pp. 1610-1609).
- was presented to the expert and she was asked as follows:
- ....Assuming I show you data that shows significant air pollution and in the Gulf. You can't tell the judge whether or not you will change your mind?
- With all due respect to the lawyer, information that he may show me that he thinks is wrong, I may look at it and I will not think that he shows what the lawyer thinks he is showing. I don't expect a lawyer to be a scientist. I am a scientist. I'm a scientist. And so I need to look at data before I can say …..yes or no. And that's how I have to look at data before I can say yes or no (pages 1497-1498)
And later on -
Adv. A. Amorai: I, suppose I show you that the respondents hid the truth from you, will you change your mind? Let’s assume that I show you that the respondents, which are the polluting plants, have concealed real, the real data from you, will you then change your opinion?
[....]
The witness, Dr. S. Libiki: Yes, yes, again, but. It’s the same, I want to see the data before I have any you know, opinion either way.
Q: Okay.
A: It's the same answer, I want to see the data before I form an opinion here or not here (page 1499)
- The expert was asked from whom she received the material and who translated it, her answer:
Most of the time the material was from the Meytar Law Firm Most of the time the material came from the Meitar law firm, I don't know who translated it. I don't know who translated the material. Sometimes I used English reports of the website of the MOE. Sometimes I used reports, English reports, reports in English on the website of the Ministry of the Environment."
[....]
:A So I don’t know the specific person who translated the material. And. If so, the answer is, I don't know who the specific person who translated the material.
:Q A person or a company, it doesn't matter. The person or the firm.
:A I don’t know the person or the firm. I don't know who the person or the company is. And I, in most cases the material was given to me. In most cases, the material was given to me. In some cases I asked for information. There were times when I asked for information.