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OMER G. TSIMHONI,
Plaintiff,
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MAYA EIBSCHITZ-TSIMHONI,
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Defendant.
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APPEARANCES:
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AITAN D. GOELMAN
Zuckerman Spaeder LLP
1800 M Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, D.C. 20036
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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IDENTIFICATION
WITNESSES FOR THE PLAINTIFF:
OMER G. TSIMHONI
Cross-Examination by Mr. Goelman (cont'd)...
Redirect Examination by Ms. McMillan........
Questions by the Court.............................
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HEARING - 3/4/2010
Detroit, Michigan
March 4, 2010
8:50 a.m.
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THE CLERK:
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THE COURT:
All right.
Everyone is in place.
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MR. GOELMAN:
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THE COURT:
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please.
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All right.
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I --
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THE COURT:
Yes.
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MS. MCMILLAN:
That I
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Honor.
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THE COURT:
Mh-hm.
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here from Israel now who have to come back at that time,
forth.
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I would.
Or take some cue from you, as to
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THE COURT:
Here's a cue:
It is my impression
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implies.
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So I think
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that.
MS. MCMILLAN:
MR. GOELMAN:
THE COURT:
MS. MCMILLAN:
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THE COURT:
All right.
Thank you.
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MR. GOELMAN:
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case.
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THE WITNESS:
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Yes, I do.
All right.
CROSS-EXAMINATION
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Good morning.
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Do you
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recall that?
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Yes.
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Yes.
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is a lawyer in Israel.
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standard lease that she uses for other -- her, all of her
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other tenants.
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Yes.
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MR. GOELMAN:
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THE COURT:
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MR. GOELMAN:
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Yes.
This is in evidence, Plaintiff's
Exhibit 107.
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THE COURT:
Plaintiff 107.
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BY MR. GOELMAN:
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Q.
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Yes.
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MR. GOELMAN:
THE COURT:
MR. GOELMAN:
All right.
It's not yet in evidence.
May I
approach?
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MR. GOELMAN:
THE COURT:
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trial brief.
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Yes.
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MS. MCMILLAN:
I never
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THE COURT:
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time?
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Really?
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Yeah.
I thought we stipulated
to -MS. MCMILLAN:
Maybe just
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THE COURT:
MS. MCMILLAN:
THE COURT:
MS. MCMILLAN:
THE COURT:
It didn't?
No.
I do, yeah.
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THE COURT:
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I'm sorry.
Perhaps.
Contract.
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Yes.
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MS. MCMILLAN:
Thank you.
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Yes.
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That wasn't?
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Right.
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9B?
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9B, 9 Bet.
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English translation.
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THE COURT:
I have an idea.
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THE WITNESS:
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THE COURT:
Mr. Goelman?
Yes.
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MR. GOELMAN:
Okay.
And
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MR. GOELMAN:
Okay.
under which the lease can be terminated before the full ten
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THE COURT:
Okay.
Next question?
Or a
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termination, do you?
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No.
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believe.
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Now, you talk about the lease that was entered into in
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early termination?
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recall.
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your place if Maya and the kids left before the year was
out?
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It's possible.
I don't
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as well, true?
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didn't you?
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MS. MCMILLAN:
Referring to 8.2.
I think
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objectionable clauses.
MR. GOELMAN:
THE COURT:
Go ahead.
BY MR. GOELMAN:
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details.
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written here.
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That's possible.
Okay.
I'm sorry.
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A.
As opposed to?
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specify where the, where the checks are going to come from.
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Absolutely not.
Absolutely not.
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Yes.
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And do you --
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I recall that.
about that.
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No.
You don't recall telling Nava and Maya that you wanted
Correct.
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needed it.
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lease, right?
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That's correct.
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recall that?
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And Maya and you had discussions in which she told you
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Yes.
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July of 2009?
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Okay.
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returning resident?
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that was one of the reasons that she made that objection,
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to my understanding.
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interest, in fact, she was worried that you would later use
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her, right?
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In what sense?
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She knew that I was not going to use that against her
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this.
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fare.
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court until she took the kids and filed a complaint against
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me.
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time.
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and sat there and applied for that status and for that ID.
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And she took -- they took a picture of her and she received
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the card.
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I don't remember.
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Well --
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I have to see.
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MR. GOELMAN:
THE COURT:
MR. GOELMAN:
THE COURT:
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Offering you --
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We don't
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Is that right?
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Yes, it is.
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And you told the Court that this letter from the
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that right?
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here?
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Is that a question?
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Right?
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That's a question.
The answer is no.
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Yes.
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Israel?
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Not substantially.
I understand.
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that.
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And I did not -- the one year or not one year was not my --
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Mh-hm.
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year?
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she would not leave in the middle of the year and that she
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the matter?
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MS. MCMILLAN:
Asked and
answered.
THE COURT:
THE WITNESS:
THE COURT:
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Okay.
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what, exactly what it says here and exactly what she said
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one-year trial.
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would not take them out of their schools and leave in the
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Israel.
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otherwise.
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BY MR. GOELMAN:
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In my what?
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Paragraph 29.
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that right?
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Paragraph 29?
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2009?
Is that
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Probably.
I, I don't remember.
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Yes.
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Was it after Maya called you and told you she had come
back to Michigan?
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December 20 -- yeah.
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they were.
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were in Michigan.
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location.
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Did she give you her cell phone number in that phone
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She let you talk to the kids during that phone call?
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She said
During that telephone call, did she tell you the name
She actually
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called me again.
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Weizmann?
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right?
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enrolled in school.
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Sunday school?
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list of how many times he went or did not go, but he went
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there continuously.
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correct?
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Same price.
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Exhibit 101.
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Your affidavit
THE COURT:
Yes.
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BY MR. GOELMAN:
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sciences, correct?
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And that was what you said about what he studied while
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Yes.
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Okay.
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In Israel?
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Hebrew.
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sciences from the exhibit that you attached that we've seen
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finished my question.
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His special
I haven't
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a daily basis for an hour or two, not for the entire day.
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science portion?
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geometry.
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would he?
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Yes.
He wasn't
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Right.
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Did you ever help Liam with his homework while you
were in Israel?
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Okay.
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to each other?
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and in English.
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commenting about.
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in Hebrew, right?
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Only in Hebrew.
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Hebrew?
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reserved kid.
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Yes.
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Roee is different.
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little kid?
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States?
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he was in Israel?
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house?
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Maya tended to take all the kids with her to Liam's play
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dates.
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anybody's house?
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Now, when you looked into that, did you find any
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trial brief, which is the first four pages from the ulpan
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recognize that.
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yes.
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there, right?
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No objection.
Received.
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Did you ever tell your kids that you were going to --
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Permanently?
Bicviut?
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Yes.
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Did you ever tell them that they were going to grow up
in Israel?
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back to Michigan?
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Security guards?
Armed guards?
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Yeah.
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That's correct.
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reasons, yes.
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without permission.
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They are
They
They do a
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school.
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didn't you?
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didn't you?
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involved in.
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Thank
you.
THE COURT:
MS. MCMILLAN:
Further examination?
Just a few.
REDIRECT EXAMINATION
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documents that Mr. Goelman was going through with you, just
a moment ago?
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proceedings.
in a court.
possible.
Not at all.
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staying in Michigan?
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or very surprised when they told me that they had met the
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that I'd rather that the grown -- not that I'd rather.
But I said
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said that the grown-ups will have to decide, and that they
use anything.
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evidence to use in the event that your wife came back with
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because that's the way Maya and the family have been
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this.
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There was no --
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Yes.
This will conclude my testimony
premarked as exhibits.
evidence, if I could.
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have?
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Ministry of Justice.
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Judge.
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settled purpose.
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Robert.
the record.
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going on.
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Natalie, that she couldn't even tell the other kids to stop
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me, intention.
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existence.
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of the case was that she had brought more clothes and
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school settings.
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reassembled.
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otherwise.
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Court that there are, there are now and have been in the
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climate from which the child has come, and the social
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There are some that are going to be very, very similar, I'm
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Windsor, Ontario.
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realize.
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acclimatization.
to be proven.
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No. 10, 11, 12, right around in there, where the principal
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