Mordechai “Moti” Maman, presently serving ten years in jail for spying for Iran, has been attempting to register as a resident of northern Israel moshav Bustan Hagalil.
Mordechai “Moti” Maman submitted a petition the Haifa District Courtroom by way of his son and lawyer Ben on Tuesday, arguing towards the Bustan Hagalil moshav committee’s prevention of his makes an attempt to register as a moshav resident.
Maman is, presently serving a ten-year jail sentence for spying for Iran, inflicting his request to have been denied by the native council and the moshav committee.
Within the petition, Maman argued that his inquiries to the moshav committee and the Mateh Asher Regional Council “have been met with non-answers.” He claimed that their choice to reject him “violates his and his household’s primary rights, constitutes a extreme deviation from the bounds of reasonableness, and is tainted by unhealthy religion, discrimination, and lack of transparency.”
Maman acknowledged that the actions of the committee and council have prompted deep misery and hardship to his household, which has lived within the space since 1991 and has considerably contributed to the moshav, “contemplating themselves a part of the group.”
Maman’s historical past
Maman, 73, a father of 4 and grandfather, did beforehand reside in Bustan Hagalil. He was identified for managing a baguette stand in close by Nahariya, taking on from the previous proprietor, prison determine Shmulik Harush. After his divorce, Maman remarried and requested in 2024 to alter his registered handle to Ashkelon.
Moti Maman, 73, accused of go to Iran twice and being in touch with Iranian intelligence, arrives for a courtroom listening to on the courtroom in Be’er Sheva, September 19, 2024. (credit score: DUDU GREENSPAN/FLASH90)
Following his arrest, he expressed remorse over that call, claiming that others already occupied the residence in Ashkelon, and that he now needs to return his handle to the moshav, the place his household resides.
Nevertheless, the sentiment towards him within the patriotic moshav in western Galilee stays detrimental. Following his arrest, residents voiced their disgust over his actions.
“We’re a group of hardworking farmers and patriots, with the state’s safety at all times earlier than our eyes,” mentioned one moshav member to Walla at the moment.
Throughout his interactions with Iranian brokers, Maman entered Iran and met with Iranian intelligence officers who requested him to assassinate senior Israeli figures, together with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, then-Shin Wager head Ronen Bar, and then-defense minister Yoav Gallant, as retaliation for the killing of Ismail Haniyeh.
Though Maman refused, citing the excessive stage of safety surrounding these people, he nonetheless negotiated over an advance fee, initially demanding a million {dollars}. The Iranians then urged that he assassinate former prime minister Naftali Bennett or, alternatively, the mayors of Nahariya or Acre.
Maman has appealed his sentence to the Supreme Courtroom. The enchantment is predicted to be heard in Might 2026.
The Bustan Hagalil committee and the Mateh Asher Regional Council have but to answer the petition.
