Ariel Sharon’s son pleaded guilty in a Likud Party funding scandal. Omri Sharon could face imprisonment as part of the plea bargain Tuesday at Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court, accepting reduced felony charges of perjury and fraud in connection with allegedly illicit foreign financing for his father’s 1999 run for the Likud leadership. Attorney General Menachem Mazuz decided against also indicting the prime minister in the case, citing lack of evidence. According to Israeli media reports, Mazuz is expected to seek several months’ jail time for Omri Sharon and to demand that he retire from politics.
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