In view of the extreme caution shown by Mr. Attias in the signing of the contract, as detailed above, including in relation to the considerable time he devoted to the matter after he was not satisfied with the conversations he had with Mr. Nitzan and Mr. Dahari, it is difficult to reconcile his claim in paragraph 51 of his affidavit that he did not know at all that a lease contract had been signed between defendant 4 and the manager in relation to the land. Since the first of the contract between him and defendant 4 it was explicitly stated that defendant 4 was the owner of the lease rights from the manager, and also in clause 5 of the contract it was written that it was agricultural land. Mr. Attias is held to have known the contents of the document he signed. The wording of clause 5 of the contract also indicates that he knew that defendant 4 was not obligated at all regarding the chances of thawing the land, and that he had conducted appropriate examinations in the matter. In fact, during his interrogation, Mr. Attias retracted his version in the affidavit and admitted that he knew that he had a lease contract with the manager (p. 988, paras. 14-17; ibid., p. 989, paras. 2-6; p. 817, paras. 15-17). According to him, although he was aware of the content of clause 5 of the contract, "because I felt protected, because I felt that I was in the good hands of Goren" (p. 987 of Prov. Sh. 6-7), he did not consider the content of the words as they were. Later, Mr. Attias was asked if he had indeed relied on the words of the person who transferred the place of the Goren hearing, he would have signed the contract even if he had been aware of the content of clause 15. To this he replied that in such a case he would not have signed (ibid., p. 987, s. 25 to p. 988, s. 2).
Mr. Attias's version as to the extent of his knowledge of the lease contract is not true to me. As stated, Mr. Attias retracted his interrogation and admitted that he knew that a lease contract had been signed with the manager, and in any case he is held to have read the text of the contract he signed, especially when it comes to a particularly careful person who often consults.