The hearing on Yedidya Rapaport’s lawsuit against Hapoel Tel Aviv took place today (Tuesday), with the main claim being that the club owed money on old loans it took out, when Rapaport filed an application for temporary measures against Hapoel Tel Aviv.
As is well known, Rapaport demanded about five million shekels from the association that runs Hapoel Tel Aviv, claiming that it was a “blatant, forced and outrageous violation on the part of the defendant for the obligations it assumed under the agreements.” Among other things, Rapaport claimed that he had lent a lot of money to the group, but the latter denied his requests to get them back and even claimed that the chairman, Rami Cohen, ignored his requests.
“In today’s hearing, the Hapoel management court clarified the obvious – loans need to be repaid,” said Rappaport’s lawyers Roi Saluki and Shirley Rubinstein. “Accordingly, Judge Etadegi ordered Hapoel to continue to pay loans in the amount of NIS 700,000, as a condition for no foreclosures to be imposed at this early stage. “Now there is no doubt that Hapoel’s management’s version, as if the money it received from Rapaport were donations and not loans, is not true in polite language.”
“During the hearing, the club offered Rappaport to return to the management position, but for him the matter is not on the agenda at all,” the former owner’s representative’s lawyers added. “The parties agreed to the court’s proposal to consider the possibility of resolving the dispute in a mediation process, while examining the relevant authorities’ falsification of Rapaport’s signature on reports submitted by the club’s management to the league director.”
Advocate Ran Firon, representing Hapoel Tel Aviv, added: “In a court hearing this morning regarding Yedidya Rapaport’s claim for temporary relief and foreclosures, Rapaport’s request for foreclosure on the group’s accounts was denied. It was also agreed that the parties would initiate mediation. “.
