Kambatz on Rabbi Berland's arrest: 'A case based on she said he said'"

2 November 2021   

This morning (Tuesday), the police are expected to request an extension of the detention of Rabbi Eliezer Berland, who was arrested on suspicion of involvement in murder and disappearance incidents that occurred more than 30 years ago in the Jerusalem area. Home Front Command in a major exercise: Are you ready for an emergency? This is how you will do it Alarming: 751% of those who died from the coronavirus under the age of 60 were not vaccinated Employers can receive a financial incentive of up to NIS 22,250. How? Enter Kambatz "Shuvo Banim", Aharon Schwartz, attacked the police's conduct this morning (Tuesday), and said in a conversation with Golan Yochpaz and Anat Davidov on their program on 103fm: "There is no forensic evidence in the case." "The situation is not simple," Schwartz said at the beginning of his remarks. "We are dealing with unprecedented attacks of slander and defamation. I heard the conversation with the brother of the murdered Sheetrit earlier, and I want to say that it is all speculation." Regarding the claim that it is impossible that Berland was unaware of what was happening in his community, Schwartz said: "With all due respect, this is not proof. You cannot come to the High Court with reasonable assumptions. The entire case is based on she said he said and he said the rabbi said. There is no forensic evidence here." It was reported on Channel 13 that you supposedly have an informant from within the police. "He has his sources, I don't know. I don't know his sources, there's a classic blood libel here. We're ready for a trial and investigations, I want them to investigate as much as possible, but we see a pattern here with Berland's stories - detention until the end of the proceedings due to fear of danger, and exploitation of the rabbi's health condition to force him to sign plea deals." When asked whether the 'Shuvo Banim' community has any connection to the cases in question - he replied: "There is no connection. Even if a connection is found to those people who were arrested, they have not been connected to the Shuvo Banim community for 30 years." "It's all based on she said he said what the rabbi said," Schwartz continued. "It's comical. That's what hurts me, that's how blood libels were in the Middle Ages, they would murder an entire community for what he said she said." He estimated: "They will extend the detention for a week or two, then extend the detention until the end of the proceedings, and because of his medical condition he will be forced to sign a plea deal. I learned this from the previous cases.". Are the police taking advantage of his situation to convict him of something he didn't do? ""This has happened before with three cancerous tumors.".