Court Orders Right-Wing Activist to Pay Former PM Barak NIS 60,000 in Libel Case
Translated & summarized from Kikar HaShabbat by baba
The Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court ordered Alon Barali to pay former Prime Minister Ehud Barak 60,000 shekels in damages for libel. Barali must also remove the defamatory posts within seven days and publish a clarification on X stating they were untrue. The ruling followed an agreement between the parties for the court to decide the compensation within a set range.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Alon Barali must pay former Prime Minister Ehud Barak 60,000 shekels in libel damages.
- The Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court issued the ruling on Monday.
- Barali must remove all defamatory publications within seven days.
- He must also post a clarification on X stating the publications were untrue.
- The ruling stems from a libel lawsuit filed by Barak against Barali.
The Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court ruled on Monday that Alon Barali must pay former Prime Minister Ehud Barak 60,000 shekels in damages as part of a libel lawsuit filed by Barak. The ruling, issued by Deputy President Judge Tal Havkin, also mandates that Barali remove the offending publications and post a clarification on X (formerly Twitter) stating they were untrue.
The parties agreed that the court would determine the compensation amount within a range of zero to 70,000 shekels, based on a specific legal clause. Judge Havkin set the damages at 60,000 shekels, near the upper limit of the agreed range.
In addition to the financial penalty, Barali is obligated to remove all publications cited in the lawsuit, as well as other damaging posts he made, within seven days. He is also prohibited from republishing them for another seven days.
Furthermore, Barali must post a public statement on his X account for seven days, with the court specifying the exact wording. The statement reads: "As part of a court ruling that gave effect to a settlement agreement in a libel suit filed by Ehud Barak against me, I have agreed to remove all offensive publications, to apologize, and I clarify that the publications are untrue."
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