Ofer Military Court, Monday, 16.10.06 AMObserving: Tova S, Chava B, Nora O (reporting)Writing reports from court has now become harder, since it was decided not to give us protocols of hearings or schedules for the current day. Till now we were able to fill in from these documents what we did not succeed in hearing or understanding during the hearing (people, and particularly judges, do not always speak clearly, and there are other noises – moreover, the context of the hearing is not always clear, because it is based on an indictment that we do not have, and on previous hearings that we did not attend).We were promised that henceforward lists of hearings would be hung at the entrance to the court (in place of the protocols and schedules which we till now received nearby). Today it did not happen. We succeeded in getting the schedules from one of the ushers/interpreters who did us a favour.Courtroom 2 – panel of three judges: Kaufman, Tirosh, DehaanFile No.: 4412/06Accused: Marai Subchi Abu SaidaCharge: Causing deathDefense attorney: Ilia Theodori Hearing: ProofsAbu Saida is accused of preparing explosive belts for a strike at Café Hillel in Jerusalem (two years ago) and a strike in Sarafand.He has been in detention since 1.11.04, and Judge Tirosh emphasizes that two years have passed since they began to deal with this file, and he demands of the defence attorney to speed up the presentation of witnesses by the next session on 30.10.06 (Monday).File No.: 4936/06Accused: Faiz Ibrahim Mahmoud MesekCharge: Attempt to Cause deathDefense attorney: Anwar Abu Omar Hearing: Proofs(Family not present in court)Debate between the judge and the defence attorney over the number of witnesses to be brought to the next session. They compromise on one, who is the main witness in the case.Next session: 30.10.06 (Monday).Courtroom 1 – panel of three judges: Atzmon, Lekach, BondiProsecutor: Lieutenant Tomer HorowitzFile No.: 4676/06Accused: Bassam Shafiq Atiah AchtiaCharge: Causing deathDefense attorney: Abu Omar (?) Hearing: ReadingThe accused pleads not guilty. The defence attorney asks for a reasonable amount of time to prepare the file properly.There have been problems of representation (lawyers changed) – no final position has been adopted regarding the file.There are supposed to be 9 prosecution witnesses. The judge tries to convince the defence attorney to reach agreement with the prosecution to reduce the number of witnesses.Next session: 11.12.06Four new detainees are brought into court.File No.: 2674/06Accused: Bahaa Eshak Halil Alzajir Charge: Conspiring to Cause deathDefense attorney: Anwar Abu Omar Hearing: ReminderThe defence attorney asks for more time to prepare material for the next hearing when two witnesses will be brought.Next session: 27.11.06File No.: 1254/05Accused: Iyad Abu Schidam Charge: Possession of and trading in weaponsDefense attorney: Anwar Abu Omar Hearing: ReminderThe procedures in this case too are almost two years (since 18.1.05). The judge again complains about the number of witnesses who are to appear (16). Requests that the number be reduced. Similarly, he asks the defence attorney to bring forward the date of the next hearing as much as possible.File No.: 1375/06Accused: Abdullah Nabil Abdullah Abdullah Charge: Attempt to cause deathDefense attorney: Osama Ouda Final hearingThis was supposed to be the final session, but an additional date was set for the verdict, on 12.12.06. File No.: 3692/05Accused: Rami Muhamad Kaid Yamani Charge: Attempt to cause deathDefense attorney: Osama Ouda Hearing: ReadingA plea bargain has been reached, The accused withdraws his plea of not guilty, and now pleads guilty, and the indictment will be corrected.Next Session: 12.12.06 (09:30)File No.: 2740/06Accused: Achmad Abed Alrachman Achmad Hamed Charge: Shooting at a personDefense attorney: Husam Yunes Hearing: ReminderWe did not succeed in understanding the subject of the hearing.Next Session: 12.12.06