Olmert refused furlough for grandson’s bar mitzvah

A month into his incarceration for corruption, former prime minister Ehud Olmert is refused a request for furlough to attend the bar mitzvah of his grandson.

According to Channel 2, the Prison Service shot down the request because of “failure to meet the required criteria” for vacation.

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