The Royal Family, Corruption, and the Expulsion Plan

Below are links to material detailing the corruption of the Royal Family -- Sharon, his sons, and his closest aides and advisors -- and how it led to the madness of the expulsion plan.

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The Expulsion Plan: Origins The Expulsion Plan: Profits Sharon, Weisglass, and Casinos

Buying Supporters, Bullying Opponents The Cyril Kern Affair The Greek Island Affair

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• The Sharon File - a detailed overview of all the recent corruption affairs involving Sharon, his sons, and his closest aides and advisors (Hebrew)

The Expulsion Plan: Origins

• Raviv Drucker and Ofer Shelach on the origins of the "Disengagement Plan" in their book "Boomerang" (June 2005):
  • Maariv (Hebrew)
  • Arutz-7 (Hebrew)

The Expulsion Plan: Profits

• Who profits most from the "disengagement" - a report in Yediot Achronot (August 2004, Hebrew)
• Sharon's friend Cyril Kern plans to build a casino on the ruins of Elei Sinai (June 2005):
  • Israel National News: Hebrew, English.
  • Walla (Hebrew)
  • Cursorinfo (Russian)
• Dov Weisglass, "disengagement," and a Palestinian Casino in Gaza (September 2004):
  • Israel National News: Hebrew, English.
• Yonatan Bassi, his real estate company, and the land in Nitzanim (June 2005):
  • Walla (Hebrew)
  • Maariv (Hebrew)
  • Makor Rishon (Hebrew)
• Sharon's adviser, Gen. Eival Giladi, the "disengagement," and investments in Gaza (June-July 2005):
  • Makor Rishon (Hebrew)
  • reported by David Bedein (English)

Sharon, Weisglass, and Casinos

• Sedmoy Canal (March 2003, Russian)
• Makor Rishon (June 2003, Hebrew). Russian translation.
• Haaretz English edition (September 2003, English)
• Jerusalem Post (May 2004, English)
• Makor Rishon (May 2004, Hebrew)
• Israel National News (May 2004, English)
• Makor Rishon (June 2004, Hebrew)
• Sedmoy Canal (June 2004, Russian)
• Israel National News: Hebrew, English (September 2004)
• reported by David Bedein (February 2005, English)

Buying Supporters, Bullying Opponents

• Omri Sharon's friend, convicted underworld figure Shlomi Oz, wins a tender from the Israel Airports Authority, from Haaretz English edition (January 2003, English)
• Omri Sharon's friend, convicted underworld figure Shlomi Oz, to guard the ballot boxes in the Likud referendum. PM's Office threatens political opponents - IMRA (April 2004, English)
• Omri Sharon, unofficial Minister of Religious Affairs, from BeSheva (May 2004, Hebrew)
• Report: Sharon raised illegal campaign funds in New York, from Haaretz (September 2005, English)

The Cyril Kern Affair

• Austrian judicial investigator tracking the flow of funds in the Cyril Kern loan affair suspects Sharon was given a bribe in 2002, in Jerusalem Post (September 2005, English)
• The indictment against Omri Sharon (July 2005):
  • the full text of the indictment (Hebrew)
  • Israel National News (English)
  • in the English edition of Yediot Achronot (English)
• Previous reports:
  • Yediot Achronot (January 2003, Hebrew)
  • Haaretz (August 2003, Hebrew)
  • Arutz-7 (February 2005, Hebrew)

The Greek Island Affair

• Yediot Achronot (January 2004, Hebrew)
• Haaretz English edition (April 2004, English)

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