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| Civil Case 38177-12-12 Navon v. Radio A-Shams in Tax Appeal et al.
Exterior Case: |
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| Before | The Honorable JudgeShaden Nashef-Abu Ahmad
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Plaintiff |
Moti Navon |
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Against
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Defendants |
1. Radio Al-Shams Ltd. 2. Soheil Karam 3. ‘Abd Abu Leil 4. Ben Zion Kirschentzweig 5. Yosef Alkobi |
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| Decision |
Before a motion for summary dismissal filed by defendant 5 (hereinafter: "the Applicant") due to lack of cause, lack of rivalry and lack of substantive authority.
The Prosecution
We are dealing with a lawsuit that raised three publications that, according to the claim, constitute a tort of defamation.
In the statementof claim, it was claimed that on May 19, 2012, a sports program was broadcast on a radio station called "Al-Shams" operated by defendant 1, summarizing the 2011/2012 sports season, inwhich three defamatory publications were published.
In the first publication, it was claimed that the plaintiff, an attorney by profession who was appointed on June 20, 2010 by the Nazareth District Court as a trustee in the stay of proceedings of the "Maccabi Illut" association, was involved in the bias (sale) of a soccer match that took place on May 7, 2012 at the stadium in Ness Ziona between the "Ness Ziona Section" team and the "Hapoel in Nazareth Illit" team. The publication also claimed that a few days before the game, the plaintiff was seen in a meeting at a hotel in Tel Aviv with officials connected to the two teams, and that during the game, the plaintiff was seen walking around the field with the CEOs of the two teams.
In the second publication, defendants 4 and 5 contacted the Football Association demanding that the plaintiff be brought to justice for the act alleged in the first publication.
In the third publication, defendants 4 and 5 contacted the Weizmann-Yaar investigation agency directly, presented it with the version in the first publication and demanded that an investigation be opened against the plaintiff on suspicion of criminal acts.
The lawsuit also claims that the defendants repeated some of the publications that were broadcast on the radio station on May 19, 2012, on other programs on various occasions. Defendant 4 said on a radio program broadcast on May 26, 2012, "that wherever the respondent goes, he will make sure to get dirty on him." In addition, defendant 3 made diversion and/or threats against the plaintiff in the framework of the radio program at the station "A-Shams", which were intended to prevent the latter from entering the city of Nazareth.