It's time to reopen the case: Almog Booker on the truth that was revealed about Azili and Micah

The correspondence between Atzili and Micah raises a difficult question: how is it possible that the footballers got away clean, as if there was no ugly affair of exploiting minors, whose lives were ruined?

Almog Booker reads in a special column: Alona Barkat and Yaakov Shahar, you can't keep silent

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07/28/2022

Thursday, July 28, 2022, 12:00

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The correspondence between Dor Micah and Omer Azili (from Network 13)

Open the case again!

Each of us, ordinary citizens, police officers, senior attorneys in the justice system - we all need to remember one thing this morning: the correspondence that was revealed last night (Wednesday) between Omar Atzil and Dor Micha directly hurt two 15-year-old girls.

Girls who have not recovered since.

One of them sits at home, and hardly ever goes out alone.

Interaction with men is something that is out of the question at all.

She just can't.

scared, trembling

And on the other side are two senior footballers, who became "victims" in this story.

At least that's what they think, that's what they feel.

And not only them.

At least until last night.

It is impossible to continue as usual (photo: official website, Doron Shiner)

It is time for all the relevant parties to take responsibility.

The football association should make a clear statement - do these players deserve to wear the national team's uniform?

Alona Barkat, the owner of Hapoel Beer Sheva, and Yaakov Shahar, the owner of Maccabi Haifa, cannot remain silent.

The minimum was to demand that they personally apologize to the minors, and they didn't do that either before they received huge contracts with two of the leading teams in Israel.

And yes, the police and the prosecutor's office should also reopen the case and check how this case was closed due to lack of guilt.

How can it be that the two footballers who repeatedly ask themselves "is this legal", and call the girls "minors" and "girls" - how can they get out of it as if nothing happened.

As if there wasn't an ugly case of exploitation of minors here.

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The minimum was to demand that they personally apologize to the minors, and they didn't do that either before they received huge contracts with two of the leading teams in Israel.

Shahar and Barkat (photo: official website, Doron Shiner)

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The authentic correspondence from a real time - on the issue of age, alcohol, and drugs - must be re-examined.

This is not cheap gossip, this is a serious affair behind which are two girls who have become an object for two senior players in Israeli football, who should serve as an example to the youth who admire them.

I sat last night and read all the hateful messages I received on the networks and also the threats.

And no, I'm not excited, not really.

One thing bothered me: I remembered that these threats and hatred were received by the girls after the affair was revealed.

Those "keyboard heroes" blamed them, the victims, for the affair, and even threatened to hurt them.

So, in those days, a complaint was filed with the police, but what happened?

The case against Atzili and Micah was closed, but no one bothered to update the two girls to this day on what happened with their complaint.

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