TIMES OF ISRAEL
by Staff
March 30, 2015

The Jerusalem District Court on Monday convicted ex-prime minister Ehud Olmert on graft charges, two years after he was cleared in the same corruption case. The verdict came half a year after the Supreme Court ordered a retrial of the so-called Talansky case, saying it would allow new testimony from Olmert’s former assistant Shula Zaken, including recordings of conversations between Olmert and Zaken, who provided the information last spring as part of a plea bargain. Overturning its earlier decision Monday, the court unanimously found the former premier guilty of fraud, breach of trust, and aggravated fraud. Olmert will appeal the decision to the Supreme Court, his lawyer said. A sentencing hearing was scheduled for May 5. READ MORE