"The witness, Mr. Daoud: I went to the police station, they gave me a few small interrogation questions,
The Honorable Judge Havkin: You say a small interrogation, in your affidavit you write that you were there all night when you were released in the early hours of the morning.
The witness, Mr. Daoud: Yes, 3, 4 hours.
The Honorable Judge Havkin: 3 4 hours is not a small interrogation, a small interrogation is fifteen minutes.
Adv. Bar David: You said a few questions before.
The witness, Mr. Daoud: All the questions in half an hour, it's Saturday night 3 hours 4 hours I'm waiting.
The Honorable Judge Havkin: You waited.
The witness, Mr. Daoud: Yes.
The Honorable Judge Havkin: How long is the interrogation itself?
The witness, Mr. Daoud: Half an hour, something like that" (p. 22, paras. 9-19).
- Even assuming that Daoud was not precise at the time he was interrogated (and I was not convinced that he was interrogated for long hours. It makes more sense to me that he waited a long time at the station as he explained, and was interrogated for a short period of time), I accept the position of the association according to which there is no material contradiction in the versions presented. Daoud clarified in his interrogation that he had been detained for examination, interrogated, and that the seized money belonged to the association and was eventually returned to him. No indictment was filed. The amount of money is not large, and does not provide an indication of the association's involvement in money laundering or terrorist financing.
- Media Reports Regarding Investigations Opened Against the Association: As for the publications dated November 2, 2021 about the Association's investigation by the police, no new factual information was added in the evidentiary hearing regarding this "red flag".
- Regarding the publication that the plaintiff received donations from Islamic foundations in the total amount of ILS 12,500,000: The bank refers to a letter dated November 27, 2023, confirming the confiscation of funds from her account after it was transferred from Aman Palestin. The bank also refers to paragraph 7 of Jaber's affidavit, which the bank claims confirmed receiving donations from the organizations Human Appeal and Aman Palestin. I was there" (p. 53, s. 22). Later in the interrogation, Jaber replied "I don't know" when asked about his ties to Human Appeal. According to the bank, this response contradicts its affidavit and it should be inferred from the association's ongoing involvement with organizations connected to terrorism.
- The association rejects the publication on the Ad Kan website as false. She clarified, based on paragraph 7 of Jaber's affidavit, that she had no contact with Charity Qatar and Islamic Relief. From the other two organizations, Human Appeal and Aman Palestin, the organization received a total of only ILS 181,000 (not ILS 12.5 million) in 2015, with a full report to the Registrar of Non-Profit Organizations, and has not had any contact with them since.
- Regarding Jaber's testimony: The association explained that his reference to the lack of knowledge related to the period before he joined the association (2015), and therefore he could not testify to this. Regarding the bank's claim of contradiction in its testimony regarding Human Appeal: The association claimed that this was a "real deception," since Jaber was asked about the "charity authority" and not about Human Appeal specifically, and was not confronted with any apparent contradiction, as follows:
"Adv. Bar-David: Did the association have a connection with the Charity Authority?