Ehud Olmert
Jerusalem, May 25
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was today sentenced to eight months in prison on charges of graft, fraud and breach of trust, becoming the first premier in the country’s history to serve a jail term.
The Jerusalem District Court passed the sentence in the so-called Talansky case in which Olmert, 69, was accused of accepting envelopes filled with money from American-Jewish businessman Morris “Moshe” Talansky. The court also slapped a fine of $25,000 on him. The former PM was acquitted in 2012 on grounds of reasonable doubt, but the judges overturned their decision two months ago. — PTI
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