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Serious Crimes Case (Haifa) 9375-05-21 State of Israel v. David Abu Aziz - part 56

March 24, 2026
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With regard to the defense's arguments, we note that as part of the proceeding, security videos were submitted, inter alia, from three non-violent city call center cameras in Daliyat al-Carmel - the "Dalia Young South", "Dalia Young East" camera, and "Dalia Young North" (P/287A, folder 296/21).  Repeated viewing of the cameras' videos revealed that the three cameras were not fully synchronized in terms of the times indicated in them, even though the gaps between what was seen in them was only seconds.  For example, the "Dalia Young North" camera documented a minibus that at 07:01:49, entered the road and at the same time the Chevrolet car can be seen driving backwards from the side street.  At 07:01:58, the minibus is seen leaving the camera eye (the frame) and continues driving towards the street where the "Dalia Young East" camera is located.  The "Dalia Young South" camera documented the same minibus, on the same route, but with this camera the minibus left the "frame" and continued driving to the street where the "Dalia Young East" camera is located at 07:02:07.  The "Dalia Young East" camera documented the minibus on the road as it drove down, at 07:01:39.  From here, it seems that the "Dalia Young East" camera is ahead of the other two cameras, and the camera timings do not match fully and perfectly.

The defense referred to a document prepared by Issam Nasser al-Din, in which it was recorded that the clock in the videos that were transmitted "is correct and adjusted according to Israel time" (P/437), and sought to conclude that the occurrence seen in the bushes necessarily preceded the deviation of the Chevrolet into the side street, and in any case that the event was detached from the Chevrolet vehicle.  We do not think so.  The document in question holds two lines and reads, "At your request, I hereby declare that the clock (in the videos transmitted to you on March 24, 2021 about Chevrolet number 250-03-101) is correct and adjusted according to Israel time." This document is not detailed and is not sufficient to determine that there cannot be a gap of a few seconds between one camera and another.  'Issam Nasr al-Din testified in court and his statements during the police interrogation were submitted with consent under main investigation (P/499A+B).  In his first statement, it was recorded that according to him, the cameras are automatically synchronized in terms of time, but despite the defense's many arguments in its summaries regarding the time gap, he was not asked about this in his cross-examination.

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