JERUSALEM, Feb. 6 (Xinhuanet) -- Israeli senior police officials believe there was room for the prosecution to consider indicting Prime Minister Ariel Sharon after Thursday's interrogation on a suspected bribery case, local Ha'aretz newspaper reported on Friday.

   The officials do not think the case against Sharon should be closed, police sources said Thursday night following a two-hour interrogation of the premier, according to the report.

   The officers added that they doubt the results of Thursday's interrogation will change the minds of the senior prosecutors who support indicting Sharon.

   A police team questioned Sharon for two hours Thursday, mostly about the "Greek island" affair, in which contractor David Appel is suspected of paying Sharon's son, Gilad, millions of shekels in order to bribe Sharon - then a senior cabinet minister - to use his influence to further Appel's real estate ventures.

   The main focus of the interrogation was what Sharon knew about the multi-million-shekel contract between Appel and his son.

   Sharon replied that he had not known anything about the contract.

   When confronted with a transcript of a taped conversation in which Appel told him that his son would soon be making a lot of money, Sharon said that since the conversation related to another matter entirely, he had not attempted to figure out what Appel meant.

   Sharon was also asked about the assistance he received from Appel during various Likud primary campaigns. He responded that he saw nothing unusual in this assistance, and that Appel never asked him for anything in exchange. Enditem