It turns out that even judges know very well that a threatening harassment order issued by them cannot really prevent murder. This is according to the decision of Tel Aviv Magistrate Court Judge Tal Havkin, who on Monday rejected a request to grant such an order to a Tel Aviv resident who claimed he was threatened by his neighbor, adding in his decision: "The bottom line, to be honest, a place where someone wants to murder a threatening harassment order has never stopped him," wrote Judge Havkin.
This is the case of a disabled IDF veteran, who quarreled with his neighbor who loaded her scooter in the stairwell of the shared building where they live, escalated, according to all those requesting the order, to death threats. Yesterday, there was a discussion that only the neighbor attended due to a malfunction, where she said that she got stuck on her scooter without a battery and called her neighbor who wouldn't let her charge it on the public electricity bill, and during the conversation, after he told me that he was disabled in the IDF, she replied that he was doing her death and that it was a pity that he didn't die.
Documentation: Police arrived to rescue woman whose husband threatened to harm her - and were attacked with fireworks, stones and Molotov cocktails // Credit: Police Spokesperson's Office
In summary, Judge Havkin decided not to grant the applicant the order and after making the decision, the applicant went to court, where it turned out that due to an error caused by the court's responsibility, he did not appear for the hearing. The judge explained to him even after he played him a recording of the neighbor betraying him, that this was not a case of threatening harassment, and when the applicant expressed his fear that she would murder him or any of his family members, the judge replied: "I did not get the impression that these were the circumstances even approximately, and the bottom line, to be honest, where someone wants to murder, a threatening harassment order never stopped him, So the argument is misplaced."
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