Former PM Olmert offers to advise ultra-Orthodox parties in coalition talks

Former prime minister Ehud Olmert, who was convicted and jailed for corruption, offers to serve as an adviser for the ultra-Orthodox parties in coalition negotiations with Benny Gantz’s centrist Blue and White party.

“If and when it is needed, if it is possible [for Gantz] to hold talks with the ultra-Orthodox, I would be happy to help the ultra-Orthodox find the right way to hold the talks,” Olmert says in an interview with Haredi news website Kikar Hashabbat.

Former prime minister Ehud Olmert speaks at a conference of business organizations, in Tel Aviv on February 21, 2019 (Ben Dori/Flash90)

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