Sharon Will Not Be Prosecuted in Bribery Case

NPR | By Peter Kenyon

Published June 15, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

Israel's attorney general has decided not to prosecute Prime Minister Ariel had been accused of accepting bribes from a real estate developer, but the attorney general concluded there was not enough evidence to pursue the case. Hear NPR's Peter Kenyon.

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