Wednesday, December 6, 2017

2017-12-06 [Videos] Israeli Supreme Court hacked

[Videos] Israeli Supreme Court hacked
Most of the day on Sunday, the Supreme Court’s “Calendar of the Court” showed a collection of videos about corruption of the courts and the legal profession and in support of the anti-corruption protest movement.


Figure. The Israeli Supreme Court’s building in Jerusalem: Dedicated in 1992, it was described by Haaretz daily architecture critic, “the big bang of bloated Israeli architecture”. It is reviled by parts of the Israeli public for what are perceived as various pagan and masonic elements, first and foremost the pyramid on its top.

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Tel-Aviv, December 04 - on the night between Saturday and Sunday, December 03, the Israeli Supreme Court’s IT systems were hacked, and a collection of videos, mostly about judicial corruption, were posted under “Calendar of the Court”. [i]


Figure. Youtube video of a Hebrew adaptation of US Civil Rights era protest song “Ain’t gonna let nobody turn me around...” on the Supreme Court’s “Calendar of the Court”. The Hebrew version condemns corruption of the judges, the state prosecution, and the police. The recording is from an April 2017 protest against the Israeli Attorney General, and it has been used to promote the Israeli anti-corruption protest movement. The subtitle of the video says: “Meeting on Saturday night at the the Attorney General’s residence”. View the video:

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Figure. Youtube video of a street performance of the Hebrew adaptation of US Civil Rights protest song “Ain’t gonna let nobody turn me around...” on the Supreme Court’s “Calendar of the Court”. The Hebrew version condemns corruption of the judges, the state prosecution, and the police. The sign says: “Jail for the corrupt ones”. It has been often heard over the past year in anti-government corruption demonstrations, and it has been used to promote the Israeli anti-corruption protest movement.. View the video:
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Figure. Youtube video of a street performance of the Hebrew adaptation of an old Russian, anti-Czarist protest song “Fried little chick”, on the Supreme Court’s “Calendar of the Court”. The Hebrew version, like the Russian original, condemns corruption of the justice and law enforcement system. It has become one of the most popular songs of the Israeli protest movement over the past year, and it has been used to promote the Israeli anti-corruption protest movement. View the video:
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Figure. Youtube video of a street performance of the Hebrew adaptation of US Civil Rights protest song “Ain’t gonna let nobody turn me around...” on the Supreme Court’s “Calendar of the Court”. The Hebrew version condemns corruption of the judges, the state prosecution, and the police. The sign says: “Jail for the Attorney General”. The song has been often heard over the past year in anti-government corruption demonstrations, and it has been used to promote the Israeli anti-corruption protest movement. View the video:
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Figure. Youtube video of a street performance in Alexanderplatz, Berlin, protesting the cover-up by the Israeli justice system of the Shin-Bet’s (secret service) involvement in the Rabin assassination. The lead performer is a well-known Israeli dancer, who chose to maintain his anonymity. View the video:
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The videos were originally distributed on Facebook, where they generated thousands and tens of thousands of views. However, the links on the Supreme Court’s site were to their Youtube copies. Singing some of the same songs on the street was the cause of arrest over the past year. [ii]
Additional videos, which were posted on the Supreme Court’s “Calendar of the Court” included public speeches regarding judicial corruption in Israel. [iii]
It took until approximately 3 pm on Sunday before the videos were removed from the Supreme Court’s calendar. None of it was reported by main stream media.
There was some poetic justice to the Supreme Court’s hacking incident:
Already the 2013 UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review report referred to “lack of integrity of the electronic record systems of the Supreme Court… in Israel”, based on the Human Rights Alert (NGO) submission. [iv]
In 2014, notice was given to Supreme Court Presiding Justice Asher Grunis and Shin-Bet Head Yoram Cohen, regarding inside-job hacking of the Supreme Court’s IT systems by the justices themselves, following the 2002 death of the Supreme Court’s Chief Clerk. [v] The Shin-Bet responded that it has neither charge nor authority, pertaining tothe Supreme Court’s IT systems. Presiding Justice of the Supreme Court failed to respond.
Likewise, the Administration of Courts refuses to duly answer on Freedom of Information requests:
* Who is charged with security of the Supreme Court’s IT systems?
* Who authorizes the publication of records on the Supreme Court’s web site?
The practice of publication of false and misleading court records on the Supreme Court’s web site is conduct, which is akin to conduct, which is termed in US federal law “Fraud Upon the Court”, and in some state laws “Simulating Legal Process” (e.g., Texas Penal Code § 32.48).
The Human Rights Alert (NGO) submission for the 2018 UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review of Israel, is likewise based on the Israeli courts’ IT system analysis and data mining, alleging “incompetence and/or corruption of the courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in Israel”. [vi]
Adequate disclosure: the writer was not the hacker in this incident, but almost all the videos, which were posted on the Supreme Court’s system were records of his various public appearances.
LINKS

ii 2017-02-04 ISRAEL: [Video] Arrested again for singing in the street | OpEdNews.com
2017-01-17 ISRAEL: [Video] Arrested for singing in the rain" | OpEdNews.com
iii 2017-08-06 The bloggers and the vengeful judges 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maeoDdLxhIM
2017-07-01 Black hole detention in Tel-Aviv
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skvZHPDfxD0&t=265s
iv 2013-01-01 The Human Rights Alert (NGO) submission for the Universal Periodic Review of Israel by the UN Human Rights Council (2013), as it appears on the UN web site 
2013-01-01 The Human Rights Alert (NGO) submission, as incorporated into the UN Human Rights Council UPR Periodic Report (2013) with the note "Lack of integrity in the electronic records of the Supreme Court, the district courts and the detainees courts in Israel" (page 4, paragraph 25)
v 2014-06-09 Israel: Fraud in the Supreme Court's computer systems - notice given to Supreme Court Presiding Justice, Shin-Bet Head | OpEdNews.com

vi 2017-01-07 Widespread corruption of the Israeli courts alleged in reports filed with UN Human Rights Council | OpEdNews.com 
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