David Appel (Hebrew: דוד אפל, born 7 August 1950) is a successful Israeli businessman, general contractor, and Likud party activist. Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. A general contractor is a group or individual that Contracts with another organization or individual (the owner for the Construction or Renovation Likud (ליכוד lit Consolidation) is the major centre-right political party in Israel.
Background
Appel was raised by his grandparents, and educated in an ORT technical dormitory school in Magdiel, where he studied printing. World ORT is a Non-governmental organization whose mission is the advancement of Jewish people through training and education with past and present activities in over 100 countries Hod HaSharon (הוֹד הַשָּׁרוֹן lit "Splendor of the Sharon " is a city in the Center District of Israel. Printing is a process for reproducing text and image typically with ink on Paper using a printing press He was not drafted into the IDF due to an injury sustained when printing machinery fell on his hand. The Israel Defense Forces ( IDF) (צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, lit At age 20 he joined the Likud youth organisation where he formed lifelong friendships with many people who would later become influential Israeli politicians. Politics of Israel takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic Republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Israel is
In 1975 he opened a baby products store in Tel Aviv, which eventually became a national chain. Tel Aviv-Yafo (תֵּל ־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ تل أبيب Tal ʾAbīb) (usually Tel Aviv) is the second-largest city in Israel He was also a partner in the Gazan UP-7 company. Gaza (غزة, עַזָּה ʕazzā is the largest city in the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian territories. In 1977 he sold his chain and opened a general contracting firm with partner Shalom Ganish, which became state-recognised within three years and ultimately built thousands of housing units, many of them under contract for the Israeli Housing Ministry.
Corruption charges
The Attorney General of Israel ruled that between 1983 and 1986, Appel's contracting company had operated in a manner violating the law, and only 13 years later in 1997 he was cleared of all charges. The Attorney General of Israel (היועץ המשפטי לממשלה HaYoetz HaMishpati LaMemshala, lit
In 2003 the State again brought charges against Appel, this time dealing with four separate cases of bribery and dishonest business practices. Bribery, a form of pecuniary corruption is an act usually implying money or gift given that alters the behaviour of the recipient in ways not consistent with the duties of that person The indictment charged that he had promised civil servants reelection in exchange for approving his projects in Central Israel, especially Lod and Giv'at Shmuel. The Center District (מחוז המרכז Meḥoz haMerkaz) of Israel is one of six administrative districts, including most of the Sharon region Lod (לוֹד اَلْلُدّْ al-Ludd; Greco-Latin Lydda) is a mixed Arab - Jewish city about 15 km southeast of Tel Aviv in Giv'at Shmuel (גִּבְעַת שְׁמוּאֵל is a city in the Tel Aviv district, Israel, and is surrounded by the major cities Ramat Gan, Bnei Among those accused of accepting bribes were former MK Nehama Ronen, then director of the Environment Ministry, Israel Lands Administration official Oded Tal, Lod mayor Benny Regev, and Giv'at Shmuel council head Zamir ben Ari.
In 2004 he was charged with bribing Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon, in what became known as the Greek Island Affair, and was also charged with five other bribe offenses. Bribery, a form of pecuniary corruption is an act usually implying money or gift given that alters the behaviour of the recipient in ways not consistent with the duties of that person The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of the Israeli government and is the most powerful political officer in Israel (the President of Israel being a titular figurehead (אריאל The Greek island affair was an Israeli political scandal involving David Appel, Ariel Sharon, at the time a minister in the Likud party and [1] Attorney General Menachem Mazuz eventually ruled that Sharon could not be charged with receiving bribes from Appel, and a few months later three of the charges were dropped, including the one involving Ariel Sharon. Menachem Mazuz (מנחם מזוז born 1955 better known in Israel as "Meni Mazuz" is an Israeli Jurist, currently the Israeli Attorney General
Appel faced accusations in the press that he used his wealth to affect Israeli politics, though he argues that he is persecuted by the Israeli establishment because of his views.
References
- ^ The amended bribery indictment against David Appel HaAretz, Jan 21 2004
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