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The End Of Corruption

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posed it. It is not clear whether
fter weeks of speculation,
this is a violation of the law, but it
the pontificating of the
Bar-On affair, the highly does question Mr. Hanegbi's abil-
ity to be justice minister with a for-
public allegations of gov-
mer government minister
ernment corruption, ap-
and a former attorney gen-
Aide Avigdor
pears to be coming into
Lieberman,
eral both calling for Mr.
the final stretch.
second from
Hanegbi's resignation.
As the police investiga-
However, Mr. Hanegbi
tion winds down, every- left, Aryeh Beni,
fourth from left, says that before the cabi-
one is awaiting the
and Roni Bar-
net vote, he told the prime
decision of State Attorney
On, left, in a
minister of Mr. Barak's
Edna Arbel. She will de-
Jerusalem
opinion about Mr. Bar-
cide who, if anybody, will
hotel.
On. If this is true, Mr. Ne-
be indicted. That will like-
tanyahu would appear to be
ly determine whether Prime
equally responsible for failing to
Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's
give the cabinet this crucial in-
government will fall.
formation.
The episode has become so
Mr. Netanyahu denies that
complicated by leaks and denials
Mr. Hanegbi informed him of Mr.
that nobody can really give an
Barak's view.
authoritative opinion on whether
After Israel Television reporter
there will be indictments.
While the prime minister him- Ayala Hasson broke the story on
Jan. 22, many people believed
self seems safe, investigators did
that if it were true, the govern-
tell police beat reporters recent-
ment would fall. However, they
ly that they may have enough ev-
reasoned, if it were false, the gov-
idence to press criminal charges
ernment would emerge stronger
against some of the main play-
ers, including Shas Knesset than ever.
Now, prominent Israelis said
Member Aryeh Deri, Prime Min-
that while they were already con-
ister Office Director General
vinced the Netanyahu govern-
Avigdor Lieberman and Justice
ment had acted wrongly, they
Minister Tsachi Hanegbi.
were equally convinced it would
Investigators are trying to firm
survive the Bar-On scandal.
up evidence that Mr. Deri, now
Yosef "Tommy" Lapid, a pop-
on trial for accepting bribes and
ular political commentator, said
facing yet another trial for mis-
that while the government seems
use of public funds, tried to en-
to have done "things it was for-
gineer the appointment of Roni
Bar-On as attorney general so bidden to do," it won't fall because
the new election laws make it
that he, Mr. Deri, could obtain
harder to bring down a prime
a generous plea bargain. The
minister during his four-year
case against Mr. Lieberman is
that he allegedly aided Mr. Deri term. However, he suggested
that Likud might be in for a
in this plan.
shakeup.
Mr. Hanegbi's problem con-
In that scenario, he said, Mr.
cerns his briefing to the Cabinet
of Jan. 10, prior to its vote to con- Hanegbi would be forced to re-
sign, and Finance Minister Dan
firm Mr. Bar-On's appointment.
(Mr. Bar-On resigned two days Meridor would be fired. The lat-
later under public and media ter is tossed in "because it is sus-
pressure; Elyakim Rubinstein re- pected that Meridor initiated this
whole controversy, and he is con-
placed him.)
sidered the internal opposition
Mr. Hanegbi told the cabinet
in the government."
that he had informed Supreme
Professor Alice Shalvi, a lead-
Court President Aharon Barak of
Mr. Bar-On's candidacy, but failed ing Israeli educator, said, "I think

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