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...Ariel Sharon's son for corruption in 2005, and for urging the resignation of Israel's Justice Minister in 2006 for forcefully kissing a young female soldier. Mazuz has also been investigating Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for allegedly suspect property deals; Olmert strenuously denies the allegations. Finance Minister Avraham Hirchson resigned on July 1 in the face of Mazuz's looming charges that he allegedly embezzled funds from a charity that sent kids on study tours of Holocaust camps in Poland. Hirchson has vowed to fight the charges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Question of Judgment | 7/5/2007 | See Source »

...promise of a lucrative partnership, however, helped to ease the reluctancy. Tourism Minister Abraham Hirchson reportedly predicted it would draw as many as 1 million visitors and generate $1.5 billion annually. Robertson and Hirchson were supposed to attend the signing of a formal agreement within the next few weeks. That prospect evaporated after Robertson's remarks. Hirchson is a close friend of Sharon's and one of the founding members of his new Kadima party. The idea of sitting across from the man who had claimed God struck down is friend, says one party briefed on the issue, may have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Was Robertson Thinking? | 1/13/2006 | See Source »

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