Israeli officials were not available for comment on the Channel Ten report that Attorney-General Menachem Mazuz had closed the case due to lack of evidence against Sharon.
...The bribery case focuses on payments of hundreds of thousands of dollars that an Israeli land developer was said to have made to Sharon's son Gilad, hired in the late 1990s as an adviser on a never-completed project to build a Greek resort.
...Sharon is currently still facing probes in two other corruption scandals.
Aljazeera article
...The bribery case focuses on payments of hundreds of thousands of dollars that an Israeli land developer was said to have made to Sharon's son Gilad, hired in the late 1990s as an adviser on a never-completed project to build a Greek resort.
...Sharon is currently still facing probes in two other corruption scandals.
Hamas leader Mahmud al-Zahar told Aljazeera that Israel's planned evacuation of Jewish settlements in Gaza did not signal an end to the occupation.
Under international law, all Jewish settlements are illegal, a stance not recognised by Israel.
Al-Zahar said on Saturday that Israel's so-called "disengagement plan" did not tackle key issues including the fate of occupied east Jerusalem, Palestinian prisoners, borders, water rights and airspace sovereignty.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's pullout plan from Gaza aims to evacuate 7,500 Jewish settlers in exchange for cementing control over larger settlements in the occupied West Bank, where tens of thousands of settlers reside.
Aljazeera article
Under international law, all Jewish settlements are illegal, a stance not recognised by Israel.
Al-Zahar said on Saturday that Israel's so-called "disengagement plan" did not tackle key issues including the fate of occupied east Jerusalem, Palestinian prisoners, borders, water rights and airspace sovereignty.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's pullout plan from Gaza aims to evacuate 7,500 Jewish settlers in exchange for cementing control over larger settlements in the occupied West Bank, where tens of thousands of settlers reside.
