Holyland bribe case stretches far and deep into suspects' pockets

Ha'aretz
When State Prosecutor Moshe Lador signed a state witness deal in January with one of the key figures in the bribery cases that were made public recently, he already had a clear picture of the story in its entirety.

The piece of data that amazed the prosecutors and the police investigators who have been busy in the past few months piecing together the extent of the affair - described in court as the biggest bribery case in Israel's history - is that as a result of bribes, some 1,200 percent more construction was authorized on the original Holyland property. In short, 12 times more than the normally authorized amount........Full story