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Serious Crimes Case (Haifa) 9375-05-21 State of Israel v. David Abu Aziz - part 100

March 24, 2026
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It is not superfluous to note that the defendant took the trouble to mention several times during the interrogation that throughout that time he was carrying a file with him.

When he was told that he did not have a phone in his possession and therefore it is not possible that a friend of Aviel Dadon called him in order to transfer the Chevrolet car in Meron, the defendant claimed, "Always, I always have a phone," a phone that he changes from time to time, including the SIM card.  It's a simple, "kosher" phone, "usually the phone I have is incoming phone calls." When he was told that many had testified that he did not own a mobile phone at all, and even testified that they had to call his ex-wife or leave him messages, and therefore no one could call him while he was in Meron, the defendant suddenly announced that he had no faith in "the entire police system." He also said that they are trying to incriminate him in every way, and therefore he chooses to maintain his right to remain silent.

From that point on, the defendant remained silent, as in the past, even when evidence was thrown at him regarding multiple communications between him and the potential accomplice who, according to the police, lived in Kadita, near Moshav Meron, even when it was claimed that the trip to Meron in the family Toyota was in order to pick up the same accomplice, and also when it was claimed that the additional trip to Meron in the Chevrolet was in order to return the accomplice to his area of residence.

It seems, therefore, that when questions were asked that the defendant did not prepare for, and to which Aviel Dadon's version did not provide an answer, he should have remained silent in order to be able to "produce" a version of these questions in relation to the questions that were asked.  For example, in relation to a bag that was carried and transferred from one vehicle to another and then disappeared.  As clarified, the defendant claimed for the first time in court and in a suppressed manner that following his wanderings on March 24, 2021, he continued to meet Emil Rafalov and sleep in his home, an issue that was not mentioned at all in his version given during the interrogation.  But here, Emil Rafalov, after completely detaching himself from the truth, claimed uncredibly that he did indeed have a case in his possession, for many months, until one of the defendant's children asked, "What was I supposed to do with him?"

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