David Appel (Hebrew: דוד אפל, born 7 August 1950) is an Israeli businessman, general contractor, and Likud party activist.
[citation needed]: 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.
[2] 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.
Among those accused of accepting bribes were former MK Nehama Ronen, then director of the Environment Ministry, Israel Land Administration official Oded Tal, Lod mayor Benny Regev, and Giv'at Shmuel council head Zamir ben Ari.
[6] He submitted a bid to return to an active role in the Migdal Hazohar urban renewal project in the Giora neighborhood of Givat Schmuel in May 2016, which was two years after he finished his prison term in 2014.