(b) On March 18, 2011, Matza sent a letter to Ron Nachman, Chairman of the Petroleum Council, informing him that following documents he received after the Petroleum Council meeting, he was requesting to change his vote and that he was now in favor of transferring the rights in the drilling license from ACC For oil.
(c) On March 19, 2011, Adv. Liron Mizrahi informed the council members by email that she was changing her position from the council meeting held on March 16, 2011, and that she was seeking to approve the transfer of the rights in the drilling license from ACC For oil. This email was immediately linked from Defendant 4 to Defendant 5 and from Defendant 5 to Defendant.
(d) On March 29, 2011, an unusual letter was distributed to the members of the Petroleum Council by the Chairman of the Council, clarifying that despite the request of the Council members after the discussion that took place on March 16, 2011, and the receipt of notices from some of them, according to which they wish to change their vote on the issue of the transfer of rights in the license, it is not possible to change decisions after they have already voted on them and after the discussion has ended. The letter also noted that according to Petroleum Law Nothing from the Council's deliberations or any material provided to it may be published except by the Chairman of the Council. A note in this vein was also noted in the minutes of the meeting of the Petroleum Council of March 16, 2011, which was published a few weeks after the date of the meeting.
(e) On April 6, 2011, the Petroleum Council's accountant, Shimon Cohen, contacted Mimran and the Family Appellant of the Ministry of Infrastructures, Drora Lifshitz, via email, in which he described to them that Defendant 5 had contacted him with threatening requests, both on the day of the Council's hearing on March 16, 2011 and after the request was rejected, and asked them to protect him from the threatening requests of Defendant 5."
I will note that in light of the plea bargain that was formulated with Ben-Zaken, the indictment filed in his case was slightly amended as follows: