On March 10, Haaretz reported that Muhammad Fokara, an Israeli-Arab attorney, would be suing the state of Israel for over 800 million shekels on behalf of the Gazan family, Al Samooni. On March 11, however, Haaretz ran a second article stating that the Al Samooni family had only heard about the lawsuit from the media. Does the lawsuit exist? The Misrad HaMishpatim (Ministry of Justice) told Metro, “the case hasn’t yet been received by the attorney’s office.”
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