Minister of Industry Ehud Olmert: I only asked for an examination of the general legal issues.
MK Omri Sharon (Likud), the son of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, told “Globes” today that the Sharon family had no interest in the plan to rezone 1,500 dunam (375 acres) owned by Moshav Kfar Malal, since the family wished to preserve its farm in its current state.
Sources close to the Sharon family said the family was not supporting any rezoning plans for Kfar Malal, and had therefore not asked for permission to erect industrial buildings on the family property. The sources stressed that the will of Ariel Sharon’s mother, the original owner of the family farm, forbade any rezoning.
As reported in “Globes”, Minister of Industry, Trade, and Labor Ehud Olmert ordered the Israel Land Administration (ILA) to set up a special team to negotiate with 29 Kfar Malal farm owners, represented by Adv. Shraga Biran, on a deal to rezone their land. The ILA has opposed the rezoning of the land for the past 10 years.
Published by Globes [online] - www.globes.co.il - on January 26, 2004