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Rotem and the activists arrived at the Ombudsman+s office durin" public hours #5%&&-

6%&&pm', but after a very short meetin" of Rotem !ith a senior staff member, once she

reali7ed that the complaint pertained to rime inister 0etanyahu, she left the room

and refused to return and accept the complaint1

In response, Rotem and the activists refused to leave the office1 round 9%&&pm,

hours after normal closin" time, staff of the Ombudsman+s office called the Israel

olice, !hich evacuated Rotem and the activists from the location1

8ith it, Rotem and the activists promised to return durin" public hours and a"ain

attempt to have Rotem file his complaint a"ainst 0etanyahu1

Today+s events !ere not the first time that the *tate Ombudsman, ud"e #ret' oseph

*hapira, refused to accept Rotem+s complaints re"ardin" corruption in the Tax

uthority1 :or months, durin" the first half of the current year, the *tate Ombudsman

issued a standin" order to the security detail of his office to prevent Rotem+s entrance

to the office durin" public hours, in order to prevent Rotem from filin" complaint

re"ardin" corruption in the Tax uthority1

In response, Rotem and the activists a arrived on a routine basis every 8ednesday and

recorded the refusal of the *tate Ombudsman+s office to accept complaints1

The refusal of the *tate Ombudsman to accept Rotem+s complaints should be deemed

blatant violation of ;uman Ri"hts - denial of ey member of

0etanyahu+s Li>ud arty !as cau"ht tryin" to smu""le a container full of electronic

"oods1 8hile Rotem #then a senior intelli"ence3investi"ations officer in the Tax

uthority' and others !ere examinin" the container, a phone call arrived from

0etanyahu+s bureau, orderin" them to release the container1The intelli"ence source, !ho provided the lead for the capture of the container, !as

later murdered1 The source reali7ed that his life !as in dan"er, since his relationship

!ith la! enforcement !as lea>ed someho! to the correspondin" crime or"ani7ation1

Therefore, the source ur"ently contacted Rotem, and as>ed to enter protective

detention1 Rotem immediately for!arded the re=uest to his superiors1 To his

ama7ement, the re=uest !as denied1

fe! days later, the source !as murdered in a hotel room, and evidence of torture

!as found on his body1 olice initially claimed that it !as a suicide1 The source+s

family initially had no idea of the circumstances that led to his death1 ;o!ever, after

the affair !as exposed by Rotem in media reports, the family filed a la! suit for

dama"es a"ainst the *tate1 The case is still pendin" before the courts1

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Of all the corruption affairs, so far exposed by Rotem, the electronics container case is

the one that ties the corruption in the Tax uthority in the clearest and most direct

!ay to the hi"hest "overnment office holder in Israel1

arts of Rotem+s claims, re"ardin" corruption in the Tax uthority, !ere confirmed

earlier this year in a plea bar"ain deal !ith former rime inister Olmert+s personal

secretary *hula @a>en, durin" the trial of the former1 ccordin" to media reports,

!hen ud"e (avid Rosen examined the evidence, provided by @a>en as part of the

deal, he found the parts, pertainin" to the Tax uthority Athe most shoc>in"A1

;o!ever, as far as reported by media, such evidence only tied @a>en, her brother,

and Tax uthority fi"ures to the affair1

In an intervie! !ith ;aaret7 daily in 2&5, then former ttorney ?eneral, today

*upreme )ourt ustice enachem a7u7 stated that the Tax uthority corruption

scandal !as the closest to or"ani7ed crime in the hi"hest offices of "overnment1

;o!ever, a7u7 did not elaborate exactly ho! Ahi"hA such AofficesA !ere111

bout a month a"o, Rotem !as informed by *upreme )ourt ustice #ret' ishael

)hesin, that Rotem !as elected a ABni"ht of ?overnment CualityA by the Israeli

Cuality ?overnment ovement1

In contrast, the *tate Ombudsman, ud"e #ret' oseph *hapira, li>e his predecessors,

adamantly refuses to examine the complaints of corruption in the Tax uthority1*imilarly, the Israeli courts !ere described by media as +abusin" a /ustice advocate for

over a decade+1 *uch conduct spanned about a do7en court cases, startin" from the

Tel-viv (istrict Labor )ourt, continuin" throu"h the Tel-viv a"istrate )ourt, and

endin" in the Israeli *upreme )ourt1

oreover, over the past year and a half, ud"e Dael radels>y of the Tel-viv

a"istrate )ourt, in collusion !ith both olice rosecution #in Israel olice can

prosecuteE' and the ublic (efender+s office have been en"a"ed in :raud upon the

)ourt in a criminal liti"ation a"ainst Rotem, baseless from its foundation, for

Ainsultin" a public officerA1 The evidence for fraud in conduct of the Tel-viv

a"istrate )ourt in this case !as repeatedly submitted to )hief ustice of the Israeli

*upreme )ourt sher ?runis, !ho refused to ta>e corrective actions1Today+s exposure, of evidence for the direct involvement of rime inister

0etanyahu in the Tax uthority corruption scandal, is probably the most plausible

explanation for the conduct of the Israeli /ustice system in the Rotem+s case1

Vie!in" the case from its "eneral perspective, the scandal is by no! far from a Tax

uthority corruption scandal1 The evidence, !hich has been "radually accumulatin"

in this case over the past decade, clearly presents systemic, !idespread corruption of

the courts1

It should be noted that conduct of the Israel olice toni"ht !as faultless1

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