Author Apologizes, Pays $12,000 in Libel Settlement
Translated & summarized from Arutz Sheva by baba
Media personality Hanan Amiur apologized to attorney Yair Nahorai and will pay NIS 45,000 as part of a libel settlement. The case involved claims in Amiur's book that Nahorai provided out-of-context lecture excerpts to a journalist. The book's content will be revised in future editions. The settlement was approved by Judge Mika Banki.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Hanan Amiur apologized to Yair Nahorai and will pay NIS 45,000 in a libel settlement.
- Amiur's 2020 book "The Workshop for Mind Engineering" contained the disputed statements.
- The lawsuit alleged Nahorai provided out-of-context lecture excerpts to journalist Omri Maniv.
- The book's content will be revised in electronic and future print editions.
- The settlement was reached in Jerusalem Magistrate's Court before Judge Mika Banki.
Media personality and author Hanan Amiur has published a public apology to attorney Yair Nahorai as part of a legal settlement. The apology stems from statements made in Amiur's 2020 book, "The Workshop for Mind Engineering." As part of the agreement, Amiur and Sella Meir Publishing will pay Nahorai NIS 45,000 (approximately $12,000) and revise the book's content.
The case originated from a 2019 Channel 13 news report featuring segments from Rabbi Assaf Numburg's lectures, which included harsh remarks against the secular public. Amiur claimed in his book that Nahorai was responsible for providing edited excerpts of Rabbi Numburg's lectures to journalist Omri Maniv, thereby distorting their meaning. Nahorai denied this accusation and subsequently filed a defamation lawsuit against Amiur and the publisher for NIS 200,000.
The settlement was reached at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court before Judge Mika Banki. The agreement includes the publication of Amiur's apology and the correction of the book in its electronic version and future printings. The revised editions will omit the claim that Nahorai provided out-of-context material to Maniv.
Amiur's apology specifically retracts his assertion that Nahorai had taken Rabbi Numburg's lecture segments out of context. Channel 13 had previously apologized for the report and suspended Maniv. The court-appointed judge set the compensation at NIS 45,000, within the agreed range of NIS 10,000 to NIS 50,000.