In fact, Mr. Horowitz relied only on the words of his son Moshe, some of which Moshe himself heard and some of which he heard from other sources. Mr. Horowitz explicitly admitted that everything that was given to him prior to the signing of the contract was taken from things that were given to him and not from personal knowledge (p. 90 of Prov. S. 24-25; ibid., p. 116 S. 12-17). He himself did not speak to the seller, did not meet with him, and did not transfer payment to him. He did not speak or meet with Mr. Dahari or even with the transfer of the place of the Mualem meeting. Since Mr. Horowitz admitted in fact that he relied on information he received from the mouths of others, it is clear that he cannot guarantee the truth of the matter. All Mr. Horowitz could testify about was that the information came to his attention from his son, who had also heard some of the things from others. For this reason, Mr. Hurwitz's statement regarding the facts that were exchanged among others is at most rumored testimony that should not be given weight.
Mr. Hurwitz even admitted that he had not seen the two documents signed by the deputy mayor, which he said were "the main factor that persuaded me to join the deal" (paragraph 3 of his affidavit), as documents that constituted "the hammer blow that I really did not see" (p. 125 of Prov. Sh. 10-11). Instead, Mr. Hurwitz claimed that he relied on the sight of his son's eyes, who claimed to him that it was clear from the documents that there was potential to thaw the land for construction (paragraph 3 of his affidavit). Not only was it puzzling how Mr. Hurwitz entered into the transaction without his son sending him the photocopies of the documents, which he said were a "hammer blow", but Mr. Hurwitz did not deny that he and his son did not even have a conversation with the seller. Goren's place of discussion moves to the signing of the contract (p. 29 of Prov. Sh. 1-4), while he fairly admitted that he heard about the transfer of Goren's meeting place only at the time of the signing of the contract.