Expert discredits police claim against Jewish residents of the disputed Hebron house

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I know this looks good from the outside, but if I know the Israeli injustice system as well as I have come to know it in the past few years, the judge will refused to be confused or blinded by the truth. Especially when the committee hearing this is headed by the biased and corrupt Dorit B.

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Leading specialist employed by State's courts as expert on forensic document examination validates papers proving Palestinian owner sold home to Jewish buyers, rejects conclusions of police forensic team as result of substandard scientific work

Efrat Weiss
Published: 01.15.08, 01:35 / Israel News

"The report issued by the police forensics laboratory regarding the disputed purchase of the house in Hebron is unprofessional," the Hebron Jewish Community proclaimed on Monday based on the expert opinion of a forensic specialist.

The heated battle over the property centers on the claim made by the Jewish Community, which asserts that it legally purchased the house whereas the State asserts that any proof of its purchase by the Jewish residents was forged.

The State Prosecution based its case on the report issued by the Jerusalem Police forensics laboratory, which examined the documents provided by the Hebron Jewish Community.

The community claims that the documents that raised the authorities' suspicions were not the actual contracts proving the purchase of the house but rather supplementary paperwork such as the authorization of the Palestinian notary in Jericho.

The community enlisted the services of document examination expert Dr. Mordechai Vardi, a specialist who serves as the top authority on document analysis for the courts.

After reviewing the case Dr. Vardi said the police report which the State built its case on did not comply with the necessary professional criteria and was overly vague; failing to provide detailed explanations for its assessments.

Vardi heavily criticized the fact that the police forensic report failed to acknowledge the most important document, the authenticity of which has not been challenged – the deed signed by the Palestinian owners transferring ownership of the house. According to Vardi there is no questioning the genuineness of the documents and signatures of the Palestinians who made the sale.

Vardi said it was probable that the police based their analysis on a so-called 'self-forgery' made by the
Palestinians. Meaning that the signatures they provided to the police for comparison's sake were purposely altered to mislead the forensic investigators.

The ruse is a well-known one, says Dr. Vardi, and it is odd that that the possibility was not considered during the examination.