Word: zadok
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...announcement of Shalom's resignation and pardon galled former Justice Minister Chaim Zadok, who had sought an investigation into the Arabs' deaths. Said he: "For the Shin Bet, the lesson to be learned is that you can commit serious crimes. For the political echelon, the lesson is you can do anything you please and will not bear responsibility...
...both sides to examine secret information gathered by the Kahan commission, TIME had sought access to testimony collected by the commission's investigators that, it contended, could support its case. Sofaer last week received permission from the Israeli government to release a letter to the court from Haim Zadok, the attorney who acted on TIME's behalf. According to Zadok, a former Israeli Minister of Justice, he was not allowed to see information gathered by the investigators, who had the power to summon witnesses and require them to testify. Zadok also said that after inspecting those documents he was permitted...
...closed session of court last Monday (the transcript was released on Tuesday when Zadok's letter was made public), Barr underscored the significance of Zadok's reservations. He asked the jury to heed the wording in Zadok's letter, and in letters from Kahan and the Israeli Attorney General's office, which suggested that other important documents and information may well exist that TIME was not allowed to see. That material, said Barr, could include minutes of a meeting that Sharon held with Bashir two days before the assassination; the Defense Minister might have learned there of the Phalangists' intentions...
...Guttman did so was he told that the Israeli Attorney General had decided to make public Kahan's answers, which concluded that Appendix B and other documents examined did not contain "any evidence or suggestion" that Sharon had discussed revenge with the Phalangists. The government, however, refused to release Zadok's letter of reservations. As far as Time Inc. was concerned, this was a clear breach of its understanding that the findings would be transmitted in confidence to Judge Sofaer...
...Zadok's letter continued to be embroiled in disputes last week. On Wednesday, Judge Sofaer asked reporters and spectators to leave the courtroom while he read Zadok's reservations to the jury. Attorneys representing various news organizations appeared before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals the next day to challenge Sofaer's decision to close the courtroom. "Does Judge Sofaer have the power to make an agreement with a foreign country that bars the American public from an American trial?" asked Floyd Abrams, a well-known First Amendment lawyer. The appeals court decided to reserve judgment on the case...