My Rehovot ( ISSN 1817-101X )

State files illicit sexual relations charges against woman, intimidation and obstruction of justice charges against her husband; asks court to revoke her teaching license

The Central District Prosecutor's Office filed charges of illicit sexual relations against a Rehovot high school teacher suspected of having sex with one of her 17-year-old students.

The State further filed charges against the woman's husband, for intimidation and obstruction of justice. The prosecution also asked the court to rescind the woman's teaching license.

According to the indictment, filed with the Rehovot Magistrate's Court on Monday, the teacher and her student became involved after she took an interest in his studies.



The bond formed soon became intimate, and the two allegedly began meeting in a secluded filed in one of the moshavim on the outskirts of the city, or in a nearby guesthouse.

Other sexual encounters, said the prosecution, took place at the beach, the teacher's offices and at another student's house.

The other student, made privy to the relationship, apparently videoed the two using her cell-phone camera. Once rumors about the affair began circulating, alleged the State, both students were invited to the teacher's house, where she and her husband instructed them to deny the rumors.

The husband then instructed the boy's friend to erase the videos from her cell phone. When he later learned she did not deny the rumors suggesting his wife and the boy were having an affair, he threatened her.

The Central District Prosecution claims to have a solid case against the teacher.

Attorney Yael Azmon, for the State, told the court the prosecution intends to enter into evidence detailed affidavits by the both students, tapes of confrontations between the parties and several testimonies by other students who saw the cell-phone video.

Source: Eli Senyor. YNetnews 11.10.08, 10:47 / Israel News

Labels: Rehovot Criminal, Rehovot Professional Misconduct

Also see: Rehovot's Weizmann Institute is a Concentration Camp, Leading Israel News Source Says. My Rehovot (19 December 2007) [FullText]

Reuven Ladiansky, legal counsel for Let Animals Live, said the group intends to file a request with the Rishon Lezion Magistrates' Court to issue an injunction against the Weizmann Institute and the National Council on Animal Experimentation, in accordance with the Animal Protection Law.

Click here to see pictures and video on the vivisection of animals at the Weizmann Institute of Science (at Let Animals Live website) Warning: contains disturbing images!

"Our request relates to all the different aspects of the cruelty involved in these experiments," Ladiansky said, "the monkeys, which are social animals that need contact with their own species, are kept in small cages, and during the actual experiments they are placed in a device that does allow them to even move their heads."

The organization also plans to file a complaint with Rehovot Police, claiming that the Institute is conducting cruel experiments in violation of the Animal Protection Law, an offense punishable by up to three years in prison.

"We are hoping that indictments will be filed," Ladiansky said.

Let Animals Live said four Knesset members - Eitan Cabel (Labor), Yoel Hasson (Kadima), Gideon Sa'ar (Likud) and Dov Khenin (Hadash) - are backing the organization's initiative and have called for a special Knesset session on the matter, scheduled for Wednesday.

The Weizmann Institute of Science issued a statement saying that it "abides by all laws of the State of Israel as well as international codes of ethics (including the National Research Council) in all matters pertaining to animal experimentation and welfare. This includes minimization of suffering and an extremely high standard of animal maintenance and care. The Institute will terminate, quickly and unconditionally, any research that does not meet even one of these regulations.

"Animal experimentation is crucial to understanding various biological processes. Such understanding frequently leads to the development of medical applications (drugs and therapies) that save human lives and improve the quality of life for millions," the institute said in a statement," the Institute said.

According to the Weizmann Institute, the monkeys used in the research are rehabilitated and moved to a shelter in Ben Shemen."

Located in Rehovot major Israeli Science Institution is a well known plot of the curruption by Israel Science. My Rehovot took a leadership in enlightening the non ethical wrongdoing by the Weizmann Institute officials, that apparently serves ones private interest.

Despite the statement by the Weizmann that the Institution "abides by all laws of the State of Israel as well as international codes of ethics (including the National Research Council", the Institute did not terminate yet the employment of the currently acting Academic Secretary Boaz Avron, and Professor and Chairman Yoram Groner for their apparent professional misconduct.

Source: Dan Bentsur Ynet, Israel News. 19 December 2007, 14:40 [FullText]

Labels: Little Orange News, Rehovot Criminal, Rehovot Professional Misconduct, Weizmann Institute

'Treblinka for monkeys' slammed

Animal rights activists gather outside Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot to protest controversial brain experiments. 'Decent, broken-hearted people told me they wanted to infiltrate the institute and free the monkeys from this hell, even if it would lead to their arrest,' Let Animals Live spokeswoman says

"Free the monkeys" and "Monkeys feel the same pain humans do" were among the signs waved by some 250 animal rights activists who gathered outside the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot on Tuesday in protest of controversial experiments on animal brains.

The protest came following a week of public outcry after the release of shocking hidden-camera footage taken by a monkey caretaker who worked in the institute's labs.

Click here to see pictures and video on Let Animals Live website
(Warning: contains disturbing images)

"I received emails, faxes and phone calls from decent, broken-hearted people who said they wanted to infiltrate the institute and free the monkeys from this hell, even if it would lead to their arrest, but I told them that we must remain within the boundaries of the law," said Anat Refua, spokesperson for Let Animals Live, which organized the rally.

"Our side abides by the law; it is those inside these walls who are the criminals. We will get the monkeys out of there legally," she added.

Using a loudspeaker, Refua and former Channel 2 news anchor Gadi Sukenik called on the Institute to end the experimentations "that do not contribute anything to modern science", as passing cars honked in support, indicating widespread sympathy for the cause.

According to Refua, the entire cast of the popular satirical TV show "Eretz Nehederet (Great Country)", who are currently shooting new episodes, asked that the demonstration be postponed so that they could also attend.

Some of the protestors went as far as likening the animals' suffering to the Holocaust, and wore black t-shirts bearing the words "For the animals, it is an eternal Treblinka" – a quote by Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer in "The Letter Writer"...

Source: Dan Bentsur Ynet, Israel News. 19 December 2007, 14:40 [FullText]

Labels: Little Orange News, Rehovot Criminal, Rehovot Professional Misconduct, Weizmann Institute

"Investigators from the National Economic Crimes Unit detained two employees of the Rehovot Unemployment Office early Tuesday morning on suspicion that they helped defraud the office by stamping applicants who were not present.

A recent police investigation raised suspicions that the two, both in their 50s, had stamped "unemployed" peoples' documents as "unfit to work," thereby entitling them to benefits without requiring them to find employment.

The people in question were allegedly working without reporting their income to the authorities, simultaneously drawing unemployment benefits from the National Insurance Institute. Although they were required to report once a week to the Unemployment Office to re-approve their unemployed status, police believe the clerks okayed the stamps without the people coming in.

Instead, police suspect, a fixer, or "macher," intervened in the process and would take the forms to be stamped by the clerks. The macher would also allegedly stamp a booklet for his own wife, who was listed as "searching for employment."

The investigation began approximately a year ago based on intelligence that police received. Police said that during the undercover probe, they carried out "a number of different checks" and gathered evidence that supported and even increased the suspicions against those involved.

On Tuesday morning, the undercover part of the investigation ended with the detention of five suspects: the two clerks, the fixer and his wife, and one of the people who allegedly filed themselves as unemployed.

The suspects will be questioned by investigators in the coming days, and police are likely to request that some of the suspects be formally arrested and remanded in order prevent evidence tampering.

The suspects could face charges including receipt of bribes, fraud and breach of trust, as well as forging financial statements."

[Similar charges could be appropriate for a corrupted Academic and Grants office of the Weizmann Institute (Mr. Boaz Avron, current Academic Office and Projects head; Dr. Yoram Groner, former Weizmann's Vice-President for research), should the police further investigate criminal practices by Weizmann's academic leadership, as reported earlier, "Criminality or Irregularity? Israel State Comptroller Finds Weizmann Institute Fools Funding Bodies: Weizmann Institute Corruption Empire Downs The Integrity of Israel Science and Its International Image, an International Funding Body Must Know, MyRehovot 4 February 2007]

Source: Rebecca Anna Stoil. Rehovot: 2 detained as police uncover unemployment fraud. JPost.com (28 August 2007) [FullText]

Labels: Rehovot Criminal, Rehovot Professional Misconduct

The central district prosecution yesterday appealed to the Tel Aviv District Court against the sentence given to Attorney Eyal Schaefer, who was convicted of indecent acts on an 11-year-old boy. The Rehovot Magistrate's Court sentenced Schaefer to six months' community service and a NIS 100,000 fine to be paid to the plaintiff as part of a plea bargain.

Source: Nir Hasson. News in Brief. Haartez.com (6 March 2007) [FullText]

Labels: Rehovot Criminal, Rehovot Professional Misconduct