The Jerusalem Post - Feb 21, 2008 12:00
By RUTHIE BLUM LEIBOWITZ
'It's pure sensationalism'
'Do I look like a recluse?" asks David Abrahams, pooh-poohing the reference to one of the many things that has been written about him in the British press since his business and political dealings became the talk of London town a few months ago.
Shrugging and smiling mischievously, he points to our surroundings: the bustling lobby of Jerusalem's King David Hotel, far away from the quiet confines of his residence - or rather residences - in England. "As you can see, I'm sitting here in public, where I often am. I would hardly call that reclusive."
Still, says the so-called eccentric land developer - whose £650,000 donation to the Labor Party caused a quake at 10 Downing Street - there is no slur from which he's been spared.
"Ironically, the way I've been able to maintain my privacy is that the stuff they've written about me has been mainly inaccurate."
To an outsider, particularly one jaded by the proliferation of political and financial scandals that have become almost par for the course in this country, the details of what has come to be known as "donorgate" seem so standard as to be dull. Even the nasty personal gossip makes for mediocre "yellow journalism."
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