May 25, 2015 Meet the Middle East

Israel ex-PM Olmert gets 8 months for corruption: reports

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced to eight months in prison for corruption on Monday, the latest legal blow in a spectacular fall from grace.Lawyers for Olmert, who served as premier from 2006 to 2009, crowning a political career spanning decades, immediately announced they would appeal.
Source: Albawaba
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