According to the defendant, he thought that the lawsuit filed by the deceased was delusional (p. 4001). He also said (p. 4009), "[...] Woe to you if in the State of Israel. [...] That you make agreements, sign agreements with a buyer, pay him the full consideration and then someone will come and remove you, so what law is there here? So how can you manage?"
We did not ignore the fact that it became clear that not with every person, and not in every relationship, did the deceased conduct himself comfortably. For example, the deceased was described by one of his neighbors whose relationship was shaky.
This was stated by the defense witness, the deceased's neighbor, Ilan Halahmi (3 July 2024, p. 4269), "Q: If I summarize what you said at the time in the police and what you said today, then the deceased [...] He was a difficult, annoying person, thinking he deserved everything, you said something went through the wall, bothered you, is that accurate? A: That's right."
However, a difficult and annoying person who thinks he deserves everything is a person who is very difficult to deal with, especially when that person is a veteran and well-connected lawyer, and is a party to a complex legal proceeding that involves the dispossession of another person of his assets, all against the background of a claim of invasion and illegal acquisition of assets.
The defendant's anger and anger at the situation he found himself in and the situation to which the deceased had been brought were reflected and heard in almost every sentence he uttered, even though he took the trouble, in a rather ridiculous manner, to declare that he was not angry with the deceased, as he said (p. 4013), "I repeat, there was a lawsuit that I have been in the Occupied Territories for decades, I am in them, I am physically holding them. [...] And he claims that I'm invading them, it's a futile lawsuit, what can it do?"
Even when he was presented (p. 4031) with an affidavit according to which he had been seriously harmed by the deceased and considered filing a complaint against him with the Bar Association, he first shook his head, claimed that he "absolutely not" had considered the matter, that he had signed the affidavit at the request of his lawyer, and that the dispute was between his lawyer and the deceased. He later said that he did not necessarily read what was stated in the affidavit, when he was told that he had signed the affidavit and that he was evading an answer, he finally said "[...] What can I tell you, I take it upon myself, what is written here I take on myself, no problem" (p. 4035, paras. 5-7. The affidavit was attached as part of the prosecution's evidence to Binder No. 2 bearing the title of Civil Case 2205-01-19 Proceedings in the Magistrate's Court, and it bears a barcode 03031).