Israel’s top legal adviser exonerated Ariel Sharon in a fund-raising case, but ordered criminal charges against the prime minister’s son. Attorney General Menachem Mazuz said there is enough evidence to indict legislator Omri Sharon for fraud, breach of trust and perjury for his alleged role in arranging foreign funding for Sharon’s campaign to head the Likud Party in 1999.
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