Ding dong! It looks like Ariel "Man of Feasts" Sharon is about to be charged for helping his son get what the Israeli media loves to call a "fat" (shamen) sum of [illegal] money.
State Prosecutor Edna Arbel is to submit recommendations to Attorney General Menachem Mazuz that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon be indicted on suspicion that he accepted a bribe from businessman David Appel. The recommendations will be given either Sunday or Monday.
From today's Ha'aretz
If only America had this kind of judicial "activism"!
But more to the point, does Bush have any friends who aren't 1) under investigation? 2) indicted? 3) doing time?
Or maybe the real question is: in November, will Bush have any friends outside the Big House? If Sharon is indicted, he'll probably have to leave his post, at least until this mess is resolved.
Arbel: an indicted public servant must suspend himself