The Banki family, who lost their daughter at the Jerusalem Pride Parade, were surprised to hear from the insurance company that they were refusing to honor their claim because 'the event was expected.'.
As you may recall, about six months ago, the 16-year-old girl Shira Banki was murdered by Yishai Schlissel, who had previously stabbed participants in the Pride parade. The incident caused great shock on Israeli streets, after it was revealed that the killer had been released a few weeks earlier.
The story of the Banki family was raised in the Knesset's Labor, Welfare and Health Committee, where a discussion was held about insurance companies, in which claims were raised by the Banki family and the families of those murdered at the "Youth Bar", as well as by members of families whose children were thrown from the roof of a building. According to the representative of the Ministry of Justice, Attorney Tamar Kalenberg-Levy from the Legal Aid Division, all of these families' applications to the insurance companies were rejected.
The lawyer spoke about Banki's parents' lawsuit: "In the case of the Pride parade, they claimed that it was not an 'accidental' event, that there was a deliberate hand there and that she, the 16-year-old girl, should have expected it. After we made a fuss, we received an answer that they were willing to pay the full policy.".
The parents later said that an insurance company refused to pay compensation following their son's murder, because the company claimed that 'murder is not something unexpected.'.
For example, Yitzhak Moati, whose son Urgil was murdered four years ago, said: "I am still in the midst of a legal proceeding that I am conducting with my own money against the insurance company. A normal child from a normal family, who was about to enlist in the paratrooper patrol, was murdered, and I am constantly told that he was a criminal and therefore we do not deserve the money. The insurance company is constantly putting a wedge in the wheels.".
MK Eli Alaluf said that he would ensure that a provision is enshrined in law that such situations will not occur.
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