“Elimination” of judges and the alliance between the two: conversations of Ayelet Shaked and Efi Neve

Conversations between Efi Neve and Ayelet Shaked: new details. This evening (Wednesday) we published in the “Main Edition” additional excerpts from the conversations between Shaked, who was the Minister of Justice, and Efi Noah, who served as the chairman of the Bar Association. The conversations of the two dealt with the appointment of Judge Eitan Orenstein as president of the District Court in Tel Aviv. Noah admitted that there He has financial interests in the appointment, Shaked clarified that the second candidate is more suitable – but in the end she supported the candidate on behalf of Neve.

“This alliance of ours, which has long since become a friendship, is the best thing that has happened,” said Neve to Shaked. She agreed with him and the two discussed the possible candidates for the appointment to the president of the district court. Among the possible candidates, Judge Yeshayahu Schneller and Judge Dalia Ganot.

“This alliance long ago turned into a friendship”, Ayelet Shaked and Efi Neve

During the conversation the two talked about thwarting the appointment of Judge Ganoth. “It’s a problematic situation,” Shaked told Noah when they talked about Schneller appearing before the search committee, “If he hadn’t come forward, I wouldn’t have had any apology.” Noah replied: “It’s because I was busy ‘eliminating’ Gonot, it was a mistake, I was busy eliminating her.”

Noah, who according to him succeeded in “eliminating” Ganot, now had to get Judge Schneller out of the way as well. A settler, a religious Zionist, someone who comes from Shaked’s camp. “They send me messages ‘Orenstein is a disaster for settlement’. What nonsense, they think I’m a retarded girl,” Shaked shared. “Let them go and check,” answered Noah, “until he entered the judicial system, he was registered at the Likud branch in Ramla.”

Noah tried to thwart her appointment. Judge Dalia Ganot Photo: News 12

Later in the conversation, Shaked informed Noah that lawyers who are afraid of him contacted her, and expressed support for Schneller. “I didn’t expose you to people who are part of the bureau, lawyers who spoke against you,” said Shaked, “I received SMSes and that’s it, a flood. You know, also guys around you who are afraid of you, who say he’s terribly arrogant, who should be appointed Schneller”.

Noah’s pressure worked on Shaked, and she announced Orenstein’s appointment. It was important to Noah that the new president knew who was really behind the choice. “Did you tell Eitan that I dug for you?” Noah asked her, “No, I didn’t tell him,” she replied. “(But) he knows it, he’s not retarded.”

Yesterday we published in the main edition more conversations between Shaked and Noah. The recordings allegedly presented the financial interest of the former head of the Bar Association in the appointment of Judge Orenstein, and Shaked’s decision to appoint him.

“There was no chance in the world, no chance in the world that I would have appointed him and not (Judge) Schneller after the material I received from the search committee,” Shaked explained. Noah admitted: “I know I owe you, I understood that.”

This morning the Movement for the Quality of Government appealed to the legal adviser to the government and the head of the investigation department in the police demanding an investigation into the relationship between the two. “The publications raise a fear of criminals,” they wrote, “We are turning to you so that you act to open an investigation or a preliminary examination of the former minister Shaked for her involvement in the case.” The current chairman of the Bar Association, Amit Bachar, also attacked the conduct of Shaked and Noah.

Last month, the journalist Haim Levinson revealed the recordings between Orenstein and Noah, and the police began an investigation into their relationship. Shaked, who was exposed in the conversations about Neve’s financial interests, did not receive any compensation for herself, and therefore the assessment is that even if she committed a breach of trust – the statute of limitations applies to her and therefore she cannot be prosecuted.

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