12-07-10 Notable Israeli Accountancy/IS Security and Governance experts are asked to opine on alleged fraud in the 2012 Audit Letter of ComSign - sole certifier, and hacker, of the electronic signatures of the State of Israel

Central to the safeguard of Human Rights in a civil society are the responses to crisis by governmental and non-governmental agencies, which act as checks and balances, not the least among them - voluntary professional associations.  ComSign, LTD, with help from others in the Ministry of Justice, hacked the digital seal of the State of Israel.  It remains to be seen, which Israeli body will be the first to review the matter, which undermines the integrity of all legal records of the State of Israel.  "Inside jobs" are the biggest hacking threat to the People's public records.
    
Los Angeles and Jerusalem, July 10 - Joseph  Zernik, PhD, of Human Rights Alert (NGO) has filed a request for opinions by notable Israeli CPAs, regarding alleged fraud in the April 8, 2012 Audit Letter by Erez Shefler, CPA (Isr), pertaining to compliance of ComSign LTD - sole certifier of electronic signatures of the State of Israel.  [1]

The requests for opinions have been forwarded to:

• Doron Copman, CPA (Isr), President, Institute of Certified Public Accountants. [2]
• Dr Naftali Freed, CPA (Isr), Ernst & Young Israel – Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer, who is listed as an expert in electronic IS audit. [3]
• Yaron Peled, CPA (Isr), Ziv, Haft & Co, who is listed as an expert in electronic IS audit [4]
• Doron Ronen, CPA (Isr), Shiff Hazenfratz & Co, [5] President of the Israeli Information Systems Audit and Control Association - the Israel Branch of ISACA [6,7]

The request claims that Erez Shefler, CPA (Isr):

• Did not sign the April 8, 2012 ComSign Audit Letter in good faith;
• With others, was/is part of a attempted fraud/serious fraud on the People, which undermines the integrity of all government records of the State of Israel.

Some of ComSign's largest clients are the Israeli courts, the Ministry of Justice, and the Israeli Stock and Exchange Commission.  However, after reviewing thousands of judicial records and other legal public records of the State of Israel, a single, publicly accessible, valid certified electronic signature is yet to be discovered.

As evidence of the fraud in the 2012 Audit Letter of ComSign, Dr Zernik provided a list of corporate and public legal records, pertaining to ComSign LTD, and the manner in which it was established as sole certifying authority for the State of Israel by Attorneys Yoram HaCohen and Amit Ashkenazi from the Ministry of Justice, with no lawful authority, relative to the Electronic Signature Act (2001). [8] 
"Effectively, ComSign, with help from Attorneys Yoram HaCohen and Amit Ashkenazi from the Ministry of Justice, hacked the digital seal of the State of Israel," sums it Dr Zernik.

The CPAs' opinions have been requested in support of an intended complaint against CPA Erez Shefler, who signed the 2012 Audit Letter. Help was also requested in identifying  mechanisms for initiating the complaint procedure with the Institute of Certified Public Accountants, or any other mechanism for initiating peer-review and enforcement of ethics and/or professional standards or rules among certified accounts in Israel.

Of the four CPAs, to whom the requests were forwarded, so far only Mr Doron Ronen, President of the Israeli Information Systems Audit and Control Association - the Israel Branch of ISACA, has confirmed the receipt of the request for opinion.

Human Rights Alert's research, pointing to fraud in the conduct of ComSign and others, was based on data mining methods.  The findings come as an epilogue to media reports from recent years, documenting the controversy surrounding the "privatization" of the certification authority of government electronic signature services, and delegation of the authority to ComSign. [9]
The recent requests for opinions by CPAs are part of system-wide survey of the responses by governmental and non-governmental agencies in the State of Israel, in view of overwhelming evidence of large-scale fraud in the electronic records systems of the courts and justice system, as documented in Human Rights Alert 2012 submission to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations. [10]
Responses by governmental and non-governmental agencies so far include:

• The Supreme Court - conducted simulated reviews on petitions, which challenged the validity of its own electronic records and provided falsified hand-certifications on the respective decisions, while denying access to the electronic records in the case management system of the Supreme Court, out of compliance with the law of the State of Israel and the Supreme Court's own recent decisions regarding access to judicial records.
• The Administration of Courts - responded by denying the Freedom of Information request for the Appointment Record of the Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court by invoking an exemption for "records of internal deliberation". Later the Administration of Courts refused to respond, with no legal foundation, on additional Freedom of Information requests.
• The State Ombudsman - who in 2010 published his own audit of the electronic record systems of the courts and ministry of justice, refused to comment on the 2012 submission to the United Nations.
• Members of Knesset (legislature) refused to comment, or provide assistance in obtaining Freedom of Information responses by the Administration of Courts.
• The current and two former Ministers of Justice - refused to comment on the 2012 submission to the United Nations.
• Three notable Israeli Computing/Encryption Experts - examined parts of the evidence.  All three expressed alarm and serious concerns.  One of the three also forwarded a request for Halachic (Jewish law) ruling by a prominent authority - Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz: Is the Supreme Court of the State of Israel engaged in large scale public deception?
• Several Israeli Legal Scholars - also provided helpful consultations. 
• The Israeli Bar Association - so far failed to respond on request for comments on the 2012 Human Rights Alert submission. Both the Tel Aviv and Jerusalem offices have so far failed to confirm logging  of the ethics complaints, filed against Attorneys Yoram HaCohen and Amit Ashkenazi for their parts in the affair.[12]
• The Israel Chamber of System Analysts - has not responded on request for comments on the Human Rights Alert (NGO) 2012 submission, but one of the members of the Chamber posted a comment on the discussion board of the Chamber, regarding the submission, "Should be published in Hebrew in Israeli media NEWS." [capitals in the original - jz] [13]

The findings, regarding lack of integrity in the electronic record systems of the courts of the State of Israel, are subject of a paper, recently peer-reviewed and selected for presentation in an international data analytics conference. [14]   Dr Zernik's research regarding the electronic record systems of the courts and prisons in the United States and Israel had been previously peer-reviewed, published and presented in a data mining conference in Europe in 2010 [15,16] and in the 16th World Criminology Congress in 2011, Kobe, Japan, [17,18] among other venues.

Combined, the findings of the Human Rights Alert (NGO) 2012 submission present an alternate narrative, regarding the history the justice system of the State of Israel over the past couple of decade.  During years, which were and are touted as the height of the "Constitutional Revolution", [19] the State of Israel entered a constitutional crisis, resulting from deliberate corruption of the judicial process by the judiciary and others, concomitantly with the introduction of new electronic record systems in the courts.

Similar events, relative to corruption of the state and federal courts in the United States, had taken place a couple of decades earlier, and are now manifested in widespread violations of Human Rights, the financial crisis, and civil unrest. [20]
The 2012 Human Rights Alert submission, regarding the State of Israel, recommends:
1.     The electronic records systems of the courts should be examined, repaired, and validated by Israeli computing and legal experts, under accountability to the legislature.
2.     A Truth and Reconciliation Commission should be established relative to conduct of members of the judiciary and the legal profession, who were involved in undermining the integrity of the systems; 
3.     No court of any nation should be permitted to develop and implement its own electronic record systems. ___________________

LINKS:[1] 12-07-09 Request for opinions of senior Israeli CPAs: Copman, Freed, Peled, Ronen, in re: April 8, 2012 ComSign Audit Letter by Erez Shefler, CPA (Isr)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/99536586/- The 12-04-08 Audit Letter for ComSign, signed by Accountant Erez Shefler CPA (Isr), CISA, of the accounting firm of Sharony Shefler & Co, is provided in page 100, under:
12-07-06 ComSign, LTD - sole certifying authority of electronic signatures for the State of Israel - compilation of corporate records
http://www.scribd.com/doc/99350885/
[2]  Institute of Certified Public Accountants
http://www.icpas.org.il/english/
[3] Ernst & Young Israel – Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer
http://duns100.dundb.co.il/comp_eng_514692599/Ernst%20&%20Young%20Israel%20%E2%80%93%20Kost%20Forer%20Gabbay%20&%20Kasierer/
[4] BDO Ziv Haft
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=3675807
[5] Shiff Hazenfratz & Co.
https://duns100.dundb.co.il/comp_eng_600206734/Shiff%20Hazenfratz%20&%20Co./[6] ISACA (IL)
http://www.isaca.org.il//index.asp
[7] ISACA (US)
https://www.isaca.org/Pages/default.aspx
[8]  Evidence of fraud in the in the 2012 Erez Shefler, CPA (Isr) Audit Letter of ComSign - sole certifier electronic signatures of the State of Israel
- 12-06-07 PRESS RELEASE: ComSign - a legitimate electronic signature certifier for the State of Israel, or a large-scale con on the People by the government of the State of Israel?
http://www.scribd.com/doc/99356477/
- 12-07-06 PRESS RELEASE: Unannounced regime change  in Israel  - Electronic Signatures Act (2001) and Biometric Database Act (2009) 
http://www.scribd.com/doc/99243087/
- 12-07-02 PRESS RELEASE: Israel Bar Association asked to investigate ethics complaint against Attorneys Yoram HaCohen, Amit Ashkenazi, re: fraud in implementing electronic signatures of the State of Israel
http://www.scribd.com/doc/98889755/  
- 12-06-25 PRESS RELEASE: Hijacking of the Digital Seal of the State of Israel
http://www.scribd.com/doc/98120110/
- 12-06-01 PRESS RELEASE Responses by the Israel Chamber of System Analysts on report "Integrity or lack thereof of the electronic records systems of the courts of the State of Israel"
http://www.scribd.com/doc/95715970/Hijacking
[9] 10-07-29 Amendment to the Electronic Signature Act (2001)  - compilation of media reports.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/99743941/[10] 12-06-04 Human Right Alert's Appendix to Submission; 15th UPR Working Group Session (Jan-Feb 2013) - State of Israel: Integrity, or lack thereof, of the electronic record systems of the courts of the State of Israel
http://www.scribd.com/doc/82927700/
[11] 12-07-02 Ethics Complaint filed with the Israel Bar Association against Attorneys Yoram Hacohen, Amit Ashkenazi for Breach of Loyalty, Fraud in implementation of the Electronic Signature Act (2001)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/98883205/[12] 12-07-02 PRESS RELEASE: Israel Bar Association asked to investigate ethics complaint against Attorneys Yoram HaCohen, Amit Ashkenazi, re: fraud in implementing electronic signatures of the State of Israel
http://www.scribd.com/doc/98889755/[13] 12-06-01 PRESS RELEASE Responses by the Israel Chamber of System Analysts on report "Integrity or lack thereof of the electronic records systems of the courts of the State of Israel"
http://www.scribd.com/doc/95715970/[14] 12-07-07 Large-scale fraud in the computer systems of the US and Israeli courts to be detailed in an international computer science conference
http://www.scribd.com/doc/99442662/
[15] 10-08-18 Zernik, J: Data Mining as a Civic Duty – Online Public Prisoners’ Registration Systems,
International Journal on Social Media: Monitoring, Measurement, Mining 1: 84-96 (2010)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/38328591/
[16] 10-08-18 Zernik, J: Data Mining of Online Judicial Records of the Networked US Federal Courts,
International Journal on Social Media: Monitoring, Measurement, Mining, 1:69-83 (2010)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/38328585/
[17] 11-08-01 Zernik, J: Fraud and corruption in the US courts is tightly linked to failing banking regulation and the financial crisis, 16th World Criminology Congress presentation
http://www.scribd.com/doc/61351562/
[18] 11-08-01 Zernik, J: Los Angeles Superior Court - widespread corruption and refusal of US government to take action, 16th World Criminology Congress presentation
http://www.scribd.com/doc/61351469/
[19] 12-05-05 The Israeli "Constitutional Revolution", Presiding Justices Aharon Barak and Dorit Beinisch, and corruption of the Supreme Court of the State of Israel
http://www.scribd.com/doc/92454231/[20] 11-07-06 Request filed by Windsor and Zernik with US Attorney General Eric Holder for Review of Integrity of Public Access and Case Management Systems of the US Courts
http://www.scribd.com/doc/59480718/
- 12-06-08 Courts and Judges as racketeering enterprises under RICO (the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) - key element in the current financial
http://www.scribd.com/doc/96504009/ __________________Joseph Zernik, PhD
Human Rights Alert (NGO)  
The 2010 submission of Human Rights Alert to the Human Rights Council (HRC) of the United Nations was reviewed by the HRC professional staff and incorporated in the official HRC Professional Staff Report with a note referring to “corruption of the courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in California.”Human Rights Alert online  Flag Counter: 140http://inproperinla.blogspot.com/ 
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12-07-09 OccupyMARINES reduces the agenda to three points!

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12-07-09 Censorship in the MEDIEVAL-DIGITAL ERA... "Luv at Half Doze"

Luv at half doze...
CENSORSHIP IN THE MEDIEVAL-DIGITAL ERA... "LUV AT HALF DOZE"

I uploaded last night a nonsensical fun video to Youtube, [1] titled: "Luv at Half Doze". By this morning it is censored (fails to appear in response to query in Youtube for the text: "Luv at Half Doze") on Israeli wireless services.

ARE YOU CENSURED ON YOURS?

I believe that I know why. I have another animation video that is clearly notated on Youtube "Blocked in some countries", but "Luv at Half Doze" has no such notation.
LINKS:
[1] 12-07-08 Luv in Jerusalem #2: Luv at Half-Doze
On Youtube:
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On Liveleak:
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12-07-07 Primavera Mexicana

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Así se vio Megamarcha contra la imposición de Enrique Peña Nieto en el Zócalo capitalino.


Thousands of protesters marched through the Mexican capital on Saturday 7 July against President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto, accusing him of buying votes and paying off TV networks for support.

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12-07-08 Que Paso en Mexico

A comrade from Mexico sent us this message, we repost it :

"Hello, could you please share this information about what is going on in Mexico...this is all about corruption and how politician´s treating their nation.
In Mexico will be a huge protest very soon but the television is saying nothing about what is going on there. This is not the first time that this happened in Mexico and government will be using violence. But if we spread this message all over the world they can´ t do that.
This is very important.

facts:
pre election's day:

pro PRI .( allegedly winning party) supporters began a campaign around the country to buy the poorest mexican's citizens votes.

elections day (july 1st 2012)

PRI, enrique pena nieto supporters (winning candidate because of the most retarded scam in world's history) supporters were positioned all over the country to intimidate voters from other parties' supporters. also these scum bags use the police against people who were against them by incarcerating them, or by giving them money, cell phones etc etc etc. for their vote.

also these wastes of life after the elections were over stole the elections packages were the people casted their vote. these packages were burned . in addition, in several voting sites, people were not even allowed to cast their vote because for "unknown reasons" (the worst scam in mexican history and the most retarded one and obvious one, even for the lower classes) there were enough ballots for them. my fucking ass is white, and im black.

post election's day, hours after the end of the elections (july 1st 2012)

after the presidential elections ended ( 5pm ) only few hours after (considering that in a nation of 110 million inhabitants, millions of votes cant be counted that fast) only few hours after opposing candidates (part of the scam) PAN (jvm, josefina vazquez mota) Alianza ciudadana (gabriel quadri) accepted their loss for becoming mexico's next president. Felipe calderon (mexico's current president, of course totally corrupted as the entire government) without having official information (for obvious reasons, come'on the elections finished hours ago) declared PRI's candidate enrique pena nieto as the new "elected' mexican president.

this is mexico's sad reality, share this message, thank you for your help.

12-07-07 Occupy Barcelona - RESISTENCIA MINERA - La Revolución no será televisada, nuevamente….

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Large-scale fraud in the computer systems of the US and Israeli courts to be detailed in an international computer science conference

Computing experts should assume a special civic duty in protecting the People against abuse by governments in the digital era.   

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Jerusalem and Los Angeles, July 7 -  Two papers, detailing large-scale fraud in the electronic record systems of the courts in the US and in Israel, have been peer-reviewed for publication, and selected for presentation in an international data analytics conference in Europe later this year:

1) "Design and Operation of Information Systems of the US Courts are Linked to Failing Banking Regulation"

Abstract­ The current report is based on data mining of the information systems of the US courts – PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records) and CM/ECF (Case Management/Electronic Court Filing), and a case study of landmark litigation under the current financial crisis: Securities and Exchange Commission v Bank of America Corporation (2009-10).  The case originated in the unlawful taking of $5.8 billions by banking executives, and concluded with the executives never returning the funds to the stockholders and no individual being held accountable.  The case was covered numerous times by major US and world media. Data mining of records of the US courts from coast to coast reveals built-in deficiencies in validity and integrity of the PACER and CM/ECF. The case study documents missing and invalid litigation records, leading to the conclusion that the case as a whole amounts to simulated litigation. A number of corrective measures are outlined, including publicly and legally accountable functional logic verification of PACER and CM/ECF, and correction of the defective signature and authentication procedures now implemented in the systems.  Information systems and data mining experts face a unique duty in safeguarding the integrity of the courts, human rights, and civil societies in the digital era.

2) "Integrity, of lack thereof, of the electronic record systems of the courts of the State of Israel"

Abstract­ The Human Rights Alert (NGO) submission for the Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights in Israel, filed in May 2012, is probably a first – being narrowly focused on integrity, or lack thereof, of the electronic record systems of the Supreme Court, district courts, and the detainees’ courts of the State of Israel.  The underlying research is primarily based on data mining of the online public records of the courts.

Supreme Court: On or about March 2002, integrity of the electronic records was seriously compromised.  Around that date, increased irregularity is seen in certification authorities and numerous falsified decision records were discovered.  Today, all electronic records are published with no certification at all, “subject to editing and phrasing changes”.  False and deliberately misleading certifications of decisions of the Supreme Court, which were recently issued by the office of the Chief Clerk, were also discovered.  The Administration of Courts also refused to produce the appointment record of the current Chief Clerk, if any existed.

District Courts:  The publicly accessible records were found invalid, primarily for failure to display visible, reliable digital signatures of judges and authentication records by clerks.  The State Ombudsman’s Report 60b (2010) details various apparent violations of the law in development and implementation of the system.

Detainees Courts:  The insecure, unsigned decisions of the detainees courts, often created long time after the dates of the hearings, could not possibly be considered valid legal records.  The detainees ID numbers show suspicious discontinuities and failure to correlate with time of issuance.  Media reported the conduct of simulated hearing, and issuance of simulated decision in one of the courts. The Israeli Ministry of Justice refused to answer on Freedom of Information request, pertaining to the names and locations of such courts.  The results should raise concerns regarding establishment of ”black hole” prisons and ”field courts”.

Electronic Signature Act (2001): The evidence shows that the Ministry of Justice of the State of Israel has deliberately undermined the implementation and enforcement of the Act over the past decade, and with it, the integrity of legal and financial records of the State of Israel.  The Ministry of Justice also refused to produce the appointment record of the current Registrar of Certifying Authorities, if any existed.

The findings hold serious implications relative to local socio-economic trends, banking regulation, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.  The findings should also require reassessment of any faith and credit, which may be given to legal public records originating in the courts of the State of Israel by other nations, including, but not limited to those, who are parties to the Hague Convention (1961).

The Human Rights Alert submission recommends:

1.     The electronic records systems of the courts should be examined, repaired, and validated by Israeli computing and legal experts, under accountability to the legislature.

2.     A Truth and Reconciliation Commission should be established relative to conduct of members of the judiciary and the legal profession, who were involved in undermining the integrity of the systems; 

3.     No court of any nation should be permitted to develop and implement its own electronic record systems.

The two cases are inter-related.  The systems, implemented over the past decade in the State of Israel, mimic key features of the fraudulent computer systems, which were implemented in the state and federal courts in the United States a couple of decades earlier.  Moreover, as detailed by the Israeli State Ombudsman's report, two US-based corporations, IBM and EDS, were involved in the development and implementation of the new systems of the Israeli courts, a process that entailed various violation of the laws of the State of Israel.

The two papers were authored by Joseph Zernik, PhD, of Human Rights Alert (NGO). [1]  Dr Zernik had previously published and presented his research, regarding systemic fraud in governments' computer systems, in a data mining conference in Europe in 2010 [2,3] and in the 16th World Criminology Congress in 2011, among other venues. [4,5] 

The 2010 submission of Human Rights Alert to the Human Rights Council (HRC) of the United Nations was reviewed by the HRC professional staff and incorporated in the official HRC Professional Staff Report with a note referring to “corruption of the courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in California.” [6]
The 2012 submission of Human Rights Alert to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations is titled, "Integrity, of lack thereof, of the electronic record systems of the courts of the State of Israel" is scheduled for review in early 2013. [7]
LINKS:
[1] 12-07-07 Biographical Sketch  Joseph Zernik, PhD
http://www.scribd.com/doc/46421113/[2] 10-08-18 Zernik, J: Data Mining as a Civic Duty – Online Public Prisoners’ Registration Systems,
International Journal on Social Media: Monitoring, Measurement, Mining 1: 84-96 (2010)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/38328591/ 
[3] 10-08-18 Zernik, J: Data Mining of Online Judicial Records of the Networked US Federal Courts,
International Journal on Social Media: Monitoring, Measurement, Mining, 1:69-83 (2010)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/38328585/[4] 11-08-01 Zernik, J: Fraud and corruption in the US courts is tightly linked to failing banking regulation and the financial crisis, 16th World Criminology Congress presentation 
http://www.scribd.com/doc/61351562/ 
[5] 11-08-01 Zernik, J: Los Angeles Superior Court - widespread corruption and refusal of US government to take action, 16th World Criminology Congress presentation 
http://www.scribd.com/doc/61351469/[6] 10-04-19 Human Rights Alert (NG0) submission to the United Nations Human Rights Council for the
2010 Review (UPR) of Human Rights in the United States as incorporated into the UPR staff report:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/38566837/ 
[7] 12-06-04 Human Right Alert's Appendix to Submission; 15th UPR Working Group Session (Jan-Feb 2013) - State of Israel: Integrity, or lack thereof, of the electronic record systems of the courts of the State of Israel
http://www.scribd.com/doc/82927700/ _______

Joseph Zernik, PhD
Human Rights Alert (NGO) 
The 2010 submission of Human Rights Alert to the Human Rights Council (HRC) of the United Nations was reviewed by the HRC professional staff and incorporated in the official HRC Professional Staff Report with a note referring to “corruption of the courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in California.”Human Rights Alert online Flag Counter: 140http://inproperinla.blogspot.com/ 
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12-07-06 ComSign - a legitimate electronic signature certifier for the State of Israel, or a large-scale con on the People by the government of the State of Israel?

ComSign is a private corporation, which was established through a dubious process as the only certifying authority for electronic signatures, which is recognized by the State of Israel.  ComSign issues certificates of authenticity.  However, to this date, after reviewing thousands of judicial records and other legal public records of the State of Israel, a single visible certificate is yet to be discovered. At least one browser (Mozilla) is documented refusing to recognize ComSign certificates, for failure to produce audit records.  The evidence discovered to this date, does not enable one to discern: Is ComSign a legitimate electronic signature certifier, or a large-scale con on the People by the government of the State of Israel?  In effort to resolve the dilemma, sample digital certificates were requested from both ComSign and the Ministry of Justice of the State of Israel. The responses hold particular significance to Human Rights and banking regulation in the State of Israel.
 

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As part of efforts to discern the nature of ComSign, LTD, and its conduct as sole certifying authority for the State of Israel, Joseph Zernik, PhD, of Human Rights Alert (NGO), has filed requests with the Ministry of Justice of the State of Israel [1] and ComSign, LTD, [2] for sample certificates of electronic signatures, pursuant to theElectronic Signature Act (2001).  The Administration of Courts, which operates the electronic record systems of the courts, refuses to answer on any Freedom of Information requests on this matter, with no legal foundation. [3]
Little noticed, unannounced regime change took place in Israel in the early 2000s with the passage and implementation of the Electronic Signature Act (2001), the new Regulations of the Courts -  Office of the Clerk(2004), and the concurrent implementation of new electronic record systems in the courts of the State of Israel: [3]

• The Electronic Signature Act (2001) established certified digital signatures for State officers and attorneys appearing in courts, and prescribed that a Magistrate Judge be appointed by the Minister of Justice, holding the office of "Registrar of Certifying Authorities", to oversee the implementation of the database of certified digital signatures.  However, Freedom of Information response by the Ministry of Justice states that no individual was appointed for a full decade, until 2011, to hold that office.  Regardless, individuals falsely appeared in the intervening years as "Registrar of Certifying Authorities" and conducted business on behalf of that office, promulgated guidelines, filed annual reports with the legislature (Knesset) and engaged in enforcement, all with no lawful authority. Through such conduct, ComSign, LTD, was established as the sole certifying authority of electronic signatures for the State of Israel.  With it, the digital seal of the State of Israel was effectively hijacked. [4]
• New electronic record systems were concurrently implemented in the courts of the State of Israel.  The 2010 State Ombudsman's Report 60b [5] documents that the systems were developed and implemented in violation of State law and regulations:
  • The systems were developed with no specifications
  • Development of the systems was delegated to corporations with no bidding (US-based corporations, IBM and EDS, were involved in this project)
  • Development was conducted with no core supervision by State employees
  • The systems were received with no independent testing by the State client.
  • The servers, holding the records of the courts of the State of Israel were removed to corporate grounds, and are not under State control. 
• The Regulations of the Court - Office of the Clerk (2004) were amended in 2005, in conjunction with implementation of the new electronic record systems in the courts. The amendment permitted the Director of Administration of Courts to modify the Regulations as necessary in the process of implementing the systems. [5]  The Director of the Administration of Courts has never published the modification that were introduced in the Regulations under such authority, and the Administration of Courts refuses to answer on any Freedom of Information requests, pertaining to the electronic record systems. [3]

During the relevant period (2001-2012), seven (7) different individuals, affiliated with various political parties, served as Justice Ministers of the State of Israel: Meir Shitrit, Yosef Lapid, Tzipi Livni, Haim Ramon, Ehud Olmert, Daniel Friedman, and Yaakov Neeman. [14]

One of the notable features of the new electronic record systems is neither a single visible certified digital signature, pursuant to the Electronic Signature Act (2001), nor a single certified server has been discovered in recent review of thousands of public legal records.  [4]  All decisions of the Supreme Court are now published as electronic record, unsigned and uncertified, subject to "editing and phrasing changes", and the Supreme Court refuses to duly serve its decisions on parties to litigation. [3]
In parallel, the Human Rights Alert (NGO) 2012 report [3] documents the proliferation of simulated records in the Supreme Court of the State of Israel, conduct of simulated review of cases before the court, [6] and fraud in certification of decisions of Supreme Court by the Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court. [9] Falsification of records in the District Court in Tel Aviv was documented by the Israel Bar Association [8], and falsification of records in the Detainees Courts was reported by Haaretz daily. [10]
Separately, the Administration of Courts denied a Freedom of Information request for the appointment records of the Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court, claiming that is was a "record of internal deliberation." [9]
Several individuals, appearing under various titles,  were central to the fraud in implementation of the Electronic Signature Act (2001):

1) Meir Shitrit

2001-3 - Minister of Justice,  signed Electronic Signature Act (2001) and oversaw the first couple of years of its implementation;

2) Yoram HaCohen

- Head of the Justice, Information, Technology Authority;

- Registrar of Databases in the Ministry of Justice;

- Registrar of Certifying Authorities" pursuant to the Electronic Signature Act (2001).

3) Amit Ashkenazi

- Legal Counsel of the Justice, Information, Technology Authority;

- Registrar of Certifying Authorities" pursuant to the Electronic Signature Act (2001).

Of particular concern is in this context is the nature of ComSign, LTD, and its conduct as sole certifying authority for the State of Israel.

The ComSign Certification Practice Statement opens with the following: [11]

1.1.1. ComSign’s electronic certificate issuing services have been created to

support secured E-commerce and additional electronic services to

provide a solution to the technical, business and personal needs of

electronic signature technology users. ComSign is registered as a CA at

the CA registrar as defined by the Law[Electronic Signature Act (2001)of the

State of Israel - jz]and is acting as a reliable third party that issues,

manages, and revokes electronic certificates according to these procedures.

The English web site of Comsign states under "Solutions", "Electronic Signatures": [11]

Electronic signatures

In the last decade, the ability to transfer data electronically has developed enormously. One of the key problems in developing transfer technology is authenticating the web surfer - the identity of the specific person who has performed an action on the internet cannot be known. This inability to identify prevents innumerable entities from providing services via information transfer technology and thus many procedures are still "stuck", cumbersome and bureaucratic.

Electronic signatures have existed for many years already, and in 2001 the Knesset even passed the Electronic Signature Law, which reduced the gap between the authorities from the legal aspect and the existing technology.

An electronic signature is an encrypted file attached to a message or document which allows identifying its sender and guarantees that the original content of the message or document has not been changed since being signed, and if it has been changed, the reader will receive a warning that the document is not complete compared to the original document that was signed.

Digital signatures are based on methodical theory and by using complex algorhythms they prevent break-ins and/or changes to a document without the knowledge of the document signatory/reader.

How can we recognize a digitally signed file/message?

One must ensure that the  sign appears, which confirms that the message was signed electronically.

However, the space, designated for the image of the "sign", was left blank.  Review of thousands of judicial records and other legal public records of the State of Israel failed to discover a single visible certified digital signature.

The English web site of Comsign state, under "Solutions", "SSL": [11]

SSL

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

is a method of encrypting and protecting secure web pages. Secure pages are those where the communication between them and the browser is encrypted and the identity of the company or person representing the pages can be clarified.

When a web surfer reaches a secure page, the lock symbol (  ) appears at the top and bottom of the browser, and sometimes it even makes a locking sound.

These indicate to the web surfer that the page is secure. Double-licking the lock symbol while visiting a secure page will display the identity of the company that owns the secure pages. (When clicking on the lock, it is recommended to check the name of the company responsible for the encryption and not be tempted to give your details to just any ephemeral company which has fabricated an opportunity for themselves).

In this case, the symbol of SSL is shown. However, review of the web pages of ComSign itself, of the courts of the State of Israel, and other Israeli government web pages failed to discover any web page showing the SSL sign.

Some light is shed on this case in correspondence from 2003-2012 between ComSign, LTD, COO, and Mozilla, the non profit browser maker, asking to have ComSign added to the Mozillas root CA store: [11]

Comment 1Gervase Markham [:gerv] 2007-06-01 08:29:49 PDT

- Do you offer OCSP service? 

- Can you confirm you are, as you say, planning to issue EV
certificates
(http://www.cabforum.org)?
- Please also tell us how you comply with sections 8, 9 and 10 of our
CA policy:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/certs/policy/ (the sections
relating to audits). You say you are audited by the Israeli Ministry of
Justice, but we would need to know to which of our accepted standards the
audit was conducted, and to have published evidence of the occurrence of
the audit. (The Verisign affiliation and the fact that you are in the
Microsoft store are not relevant to this question.)
Thanks,
Gerv

Comment 2Gervase Markham [:gerv] 2007-06-27 08:04:02 PDT 

Mr Harei: Are you able to answer my questions? If not, the bug
will be closed.
Gerv

Comment 3Ran Harel 2007-06-27 08:09:37 PDT 

Hi Gerv, sorry for the delay
1. We do not currently offer OCSP service.
2. We are not currently planning on issuing EV certificates.
3. Since all audits were/are conducted for the Israeli Ministry of
Justice, they are in Hebrew, and so we are in the process of translating
and notarizing them for this purpose. If there is any other way to get
this approval please tell me.
Thank you,
Ran

Comment 4Gervase Markham [:gerv] 2007-06-27 08:41:09 PDT 

Ran,
It may well be useful to have your audit documents translated - but
the key questions are:
- Who did the audit?
- To what standard (e.g. WebTrust, ETSI) was the audit done?
Are you able to answer these two questions?
Gerv

Comment 5 Gervase Markham [:gerv] 2007-08-15 08:08:47 PDT 

Resolving INCOMPLETE due to lack of input from reporter.

Gerv As of this date, ComSign is still listed on the Pending Requests List, although on April 8, 2012, the accountants office Sharoni, Shefler et al (CPAs) issued an audit statement. [11]  In contrast, Comsign does appear on the approved list of IBM and Microsoft corporations. [11]
It should also be noted, that when trying to open the root certificates of ComSign, Microsoft Windows issues a security warning: "Unknown Publisher".

The experience gained in Israel, relative to implementation of the Electronic Signature Act (2001) and the new electronic records systems of the courts, demonstrates:

• The Executive had no intention of complying with the Electronic Signature Act (2001);
• The Judiciary were intimately involved in the conduct related to undermining the integrity of court record in the State of Israel;
• The Legislative is not ready, willing, able to exert oversight - individuals fraudulently appeared and filed annual reports with the Knesset as "Registrars of Certifying Authorities", pursuant to the Act.

"Given the involvement in recent years of senior officers of all three branches of government in undermining the integrity of the justice system of the State of Israel, the only conceivable solution is in the establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission," says Joseph Zernik, PhD, of Human Rights Alert.

Events that have taken place in Israel over the past decade also demonstrate that the biggest hacking risk to government data systems is from 'inside jobs' by government officials, and that no government should be trusted with constructing such systems, absent adequate transparency and public oversight. 

The electronic record systems of the courts in the United States were compromised a couple of decades earlier. Today, fraud in the electronic record systems of the many of the states (SUSTAIN) and the federal (PACER, CM/ECF) courts is rampant. [12]
Corruption of the courts in the United States is most notably seen in abuse of Human Rights and failing banking regulation. [13]

Conditions that have been established in the State of Israel pose similar risks to Human Rights and banking regulation in the State of Israel.  Israeli computing and encryption experts, some of the best in the world, should hold a particular civic duty in the safeguard of Human Rights and banking regulation in the State of Israel in the digital era.
LINKS:
[1] 12-06-27 Freedom of Information Request on the Ministry of Justice in re: Certified Digital Signatures of Officers of the Ministry of Justice s
http://www.scribd.com/doc/98529841/[2] 12-07-06 Request filed with ComSign, LTD, for sample certified electronic signatures of the State of Israel s
http://www.scribd.com/doc/99331565/[3] 12-06-04 Human Right Alert's Appendix to Submission; 15th UPR Working Group Session (Jan-Feb 2013) - State of Israel: Integrity, or lack thereof, of the electronic record systems of the courts of the State of Israel
http://www.scribd.com/doc/82927700/
[4] 12-06-25 PRESS RELEASE: Hijacking of the Digital Seal of the State of Israel
http://www.scribd.com/doc/98120110/
[5] 10-00-00 State of Israel - Ombudsman's Report 60b, Ministry of Justice Computerization (2010) p 693 Et Seq
http :// www.scribd.com/doc/50624862/
[6] 04-11-25 Takanot Batey Hamishpat - Mazkirut (2004) // Regulations of the Courts - Offices of the Clerks (2004) (Heb + Eng)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/48770720/
[7] 11-12-19 Simulated Records, Simulated Litigation Enabled by the Electronic Record Systems of the Supreme Court of the State of Israel (English) s
http://www.scribd.com/doc/73239491/
[8] 12-04-16 PRESS RELEASE: Criminal Fraud Complaint Against SARAH LIFSCHITZ, Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Israel, Filed Today With Israel Policehttp ://www.scribd.com/doc/89681591/
[9] 12-04-10 The Judge Alsheikh Affair – “Reconstructed Transcript” in the Tel-Aviv District Court _ Globe
http :// www.scribd.com/doc/90686541/
[10] 11-02-08 Dana Weiler: Court issues ruling, with quotes, from a nonexistent hearing - Haaretz
http://www.scribd.com/doc/48769638/ [11] 12-07-06 ComSign, LTD - sole certifying authority of electronic signatures for the State of Israel - compilation of corporate records
http://www.scribd.com/doc/99350885[12] 11-07-06 Request filed by Windsor and Zernik with US Attorney General Eric Holder for Review of Integrity of Public Access and Case Management Systems of the US Courts
http://www.scribd.com/doc/59480718/ [13] 12-06-08 Courts and Judges as racketeering enterprises under RICO (the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) - key element in the current financial
http://www.scribd.com/doc/96504009/
[14] 12-07-06 List of Justice Ministers of the State of Israel 2001-2012 _ Wikipedia
http://www.scribd.com/doc/99346540/

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12-06-30 If it ain't a party, it ain't my occupation...

Social protest in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 30, 2012

Social protest in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 23, 2012

  

Police in social protest in the United States.

Social protest in Tel Aviv, Israel, generally is of relatively mild nature (noted exception last week when banks were vandalized).

An official government committee was established already last year to review the underlying issues - extreme concentration of wealth in the hands of small number of tycoons in recent decades, tight relationship between such tycoons and corrupt government officials, unaffordable housing, food prices, inequality in the burden of military service, etc...

It is yet to be seen that the recommendation of the committee are implemented, and that is in part the reason for the renewed protest this year.

Although there was some police violence during the protests, the relatively unarmed police presence is a far cry from police conduct in the United States.