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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 372

Rishon Tours affair

Former prime minister Ehud Olmert leaves the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on February 10, 2016. (Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool)
September 28, 2016, 1:54 pm
Former PM Olmert to serve 8 more months in jail
‘It’s all over,’ says Supreme Court justice after rejecting Olmert’s appeal against conviction and sentence in Talansky affair
By Sue Surkes
Former prime minister Ehud Olmert speaks to the press at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on December 29, 2015. (Amit Shabi/Pool)
January 18, 2016, 5:34 am
Olmert seeks sweeping deal ahead of Supreme Court appeal Monday
Prosecutors meet with former PM’s attorneys into the night in bid to merge, mitigate multiple corruption sentences
By ToI Staff
Former prime minister Ehud Olmert seen at the Jerusalem Supreme Court on December 29, 2015. (Photo by Emil Salman/POOL)
January 15, 2016, 1:46 am
State promises ‘no celebrity discount’ as Olmert seeks deal
Attorney for former PM, who is to start prison term next month, meets state prosecutor, aims to minimize jail time in series of cases
By ToI Staff
Former prime minister Ehud Olmert seen at the Jerusalem District Court for a sentencing hearing a month after the court found him guilty of fraud and breach of trust, May 05, 2015. (Emil Salman/Flash90)
May 5, 2015, 4:23 am
Prosecutor asks for up to 18 months in prison for Olmert
Ex-PM was found guilty in March of fraud, breach of trust in Talansky affair; conviction carries max sentence of 5 years
By ToI Staff
Ehud Olmert in Jerusalem District Court on March 30, 2015 (photo credit: Gili Yohanan/POOL/Flash90)
March 30, 2015, 9:19 am
Former PM Olmert convicted of fraud, breach of trust in retrial
Talansky affair graft case was reopened in wake of new testimony from his former aide; ex-premier to appeal decision
By ToI Staff
Ehud Olmert in Jerusalem court on March 30, 2015. (Screen capture: Channel 2)
March 30, 2015, 8:25 am
Former prime minister Olmert convicted in retrial of graft case
Ehud Olmert found guilty of fraud in Talansky affair after acquittal was re-opened in wake of new testimony from former aide
By ToI Staff
Shula Zaken at the Jerusalem District court on November 3, 2014. (Gili Yohanan/POOL)
November 3, 2014, 12:57 pm
Olmert heard on recording telling former aide not to testify
Shula Zaken takes stand against ex-PM in retrial of Talansky affair; prosecutors seek to prove he obstructed justice, made illegal use of funds
By ToI Staff
Former prime minister Ehud Olmert and Shula Zaken, Olmert’s once close aide, in the District Court in Jerusalem on November 15, 2010. (Photo credit: Miriam Alster / Flash90)
November 3, 2014, 6:29 am
Court hears former Olmert aide in graft retrial
Shula Zaken takes stand against ex-PM in Talansky affair as he faces charges of fraud and tax evasion
By ToI Staff
Ehud Olmert and Shula Zaken, September 2011. (Uri Lenz/Flash90)
October 24, 2014, 9:28 pm
Olmert defense refusing to return state evidence it received in error
Prosecution accidentally delivered CD containing emails from central witness Shula Zaken, former top aide to ex-PM
By ToI Staff
Former prime minister Ehud Olmert at his sentencing at the Tel Aviv District Court, Tuesday, May 13, 2014 (photo credit: Ami Shooman/Flash90)
September 2, 2014, 1:24 pm
Olmert on trial again for corruption in Talansky affair
Former PM had been acquitted of charges, but will face them again in wake of new testimony from his former aide
By ToI Staff
Former prime minister Ehud Olmert, January 2014 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 29, 2014, 7:45 pm
Police advise charging Olmert for obstructing justice
Former prime minister suspected of trying to bribe his former bureau chief into keeping quiet or changing testimony
By ToI Staff
Former prime minister Ehud Olmert in Tel Aviv District Court, March 31, 2014, where he was found guilty of bribe-taking in the Holyland real estate scandal. (photo credit: Ido Erez/Pool/Flash90
April 27, 2014, 10:56 pm
Armed with new evidence, state to reopen Olmert probes
Prosecution seeking new investigations of Rishon Tours and Talansky affairs, in which Olmert was acquitted in 2012
By ToI Staff
Former prime minister Ehud Olmert at the Tel Aviv District Court, Monday, March 31, 2014 (AFP/Pool/Dan Balilty)
March 31, 2014, 9:21 am
Former PM Ehud Olmert convicted of taking bribes
Tel Aviv court also convicts 9 others, including Uri Lupolianski — Olmert’s successor as Jerusalem mayor — in Holyland case
By Elie Leshem
Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert speaks at a panel at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem on January 6, 2014. (Photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 27, 2014, 8:51 pm
Olmert aide also set to testify against him in appeals of past acquittals
Shula Zaken’s plea bargain relates not only to current Holyland trial, but also to two major corruption cases where ex-PM was cleared
By ToI Staff
Shula Zaken (right), former bureau chief of former prime minister Ehud Olmert, seen in the District Court in Tel Aviv, October 03, 2013. (Photo credit: Gideon Markowicz/POOL/Flash90)
October 3, 2013, 10:48 pm
Olmert aide storms out of courtroom
Shula Zaken, former bureau chief, felt ex-PM did not defend her from charges of corruption
By Lazar Berman and Gavriel Fiske
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