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The witness, Prof. Gad Rennert: The Ministry of the Environment recommended that I be the executive figure. After he made the recommendation, there was a discussion in my presence with the Ministry of Interior, Health and the Environment, and in this discussion they agreed that without their consent I refused to deal with the issue. I'm a scientist, I don't work on behalf of me. I refused to deal with the issue, except with all the relevant government ministries.
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The witness, Prof. Gad Rennert: Second. And then I also demanded that the ministry, that the forum of the three ministries, OK? Or at least Professor Rishpon, in my opinion, on behalf of the Ministry of Health, will see my progress in this action. When all the technical work was assigned to the Department of Statistics of the Faculty of Industry and Management of the Technion.
Adv. Mr. A. Amorai: Look.
The witness, Prof. Gad Rennert: In every project of this type, in every project of this type I make sure that I have accompanying expert committees and the opinion, or not the opinion, the summary of such a research project is not my personal opinion, I am of course behind it, but he has always relied on other professionals. Not sure you're listening to me, but okay (page 1832)
And later on -
The witness, Prof. Gad Rennert: And so it was important to me that the government ministries back me Seriously, because I didn't want it to look like Bazan had chosen me out of some kind of desire. My name was raised by the Ministry of the Environment. Okay? This was my thing that was ethically principled at the time, because I am the professional and I am indeed the professional who is an expert on the subject, so it is not surprising that Bazan agreed. (page 1835).
He also testified in this matter that:
The witness, Prof. Gad Rennert: All the material that was transferred to me from Bazan was transferred to the government offices. That was a fundamental condition of mine, so if there was any element of secrecy there, it wasn't two-sided. He was integrated. It was (unclear)