Gilad Sharon

Gilad Sharon ( _he. גלעד שרון) is the son of Ariel Sharon, who is the former Prime Minister of Israel. His brother Omri Sharon is a former member of Knesset. Gilad Sharon is in charge of business affairs for Sycamore Farm, the Sharon estate.

Gilad Sharon was investigated by a National Fraud Unit concerning illegal 1999 Likud campaign contributions, and a related loan given to his family by businessman Cyril Kern.

He has recently been ordered to hand over paperwork detailing his Austrian bank account as well as personal audio tape recordings, to the police investigating the Greek Island and Cyril Kern loan affairs. He refused, citing the possibility of self-incrimination. Similar investigations into this matter have failed due to parliamentary immunity.

Although it is possible that these documents incriminating Gilad Sharon could not be used against him, they could be used against other suspects, including his father. Ariel Sharon's other son, Likud MK Omri Sharon, is suspected of being the mastermind behind setting up the network of shell companies that amassed the illegal campaign donations.

The aforementioned Greek Island Affair involves attempts by David Appel to purchase an island near the coast of Athens for the purpose of building a multimillion-dollar resort complex.

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Cutting off all humanitarian supplies to Gaza Strip

Sharon expressed the view that Israel had no responsibility for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. In a column on the website of the Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot Sharon called on Israel to cease completely allowing shipments of humanitarian supplies to pass into Gaza. Sharon wrote that Gaza is "like a devilish child that insists on biting the hand that feeds it. Well, this monstrous baby is not ours. We are not responsible for it." Sharon asserted that Palestinians were "cutting off their own oxygen supply with their own hands." He stated that "the Egyptians" should "feed their destructive protégé and its suicidal tendencies." Sharon wrote that "Had all of Gaza’s residents decided to jump off the roof as a protest against us, would we send our firefighters to bring them down even at the price of our firefighters’ lives? Had the Palestinians decided to drown themselves at sea, would we send teams of lifesavers to bring them back to shore even if the lifesavers were shot at? Obviously not." [ [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3537612,00.html Sharon, Gilad, "This monstrous baby isn't ours," Ynet, 30 April 2008] ]

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