Israel's PM Ariel Sharon is facing criminal charges in bribery. The allegations come amid reiterated threats by Hamas for "fearful revenge" against the Israelis. Photo by WN.
Prosecutors investigating bribery allegations against Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, 75, have recommended that he face criminal charges. The state prosecutor has recommended charges against Sharon for allegedly taking bribes from a local businessman. Sharon has denied any wrongdoing. The focus of the scandal is the so-called "Greek Island Affair", in which businessman David Appel allegedly paid Sharon's son Gilad hundreds of thousands of dollars so Sharon, then foreign minister, would use his influence to help Appel promote a tourism project in Greece in 1999.