Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert sentenced to six years in prison in bribery scandal

[azurnoir]

Source: CNN

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison for taking bribes while mayor of Jerusalem.

Olmert was also fined 1 million shekels (about $289,000), Israeli state radio IB reported.

Olmert was convicted in March of receiving about $161,000 in bribes related to a controversial Jerusalem housing project called Holyland. The judge acquitted Olmert on a third count of bribery.

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Olmert, an attorney who in 1973 became the youngest person ever elected to Israel's parliament, the Knesset, served as prime minister from 2006 to 2009.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/13/world/meast/israel-ehud-olmert-sentence/?hpt=hp_t1

[AverageJoe90]

1. If only this had happened to Yitzhak Shamir.

Now that guy was a real piece of work. Menachem Begin, too. TBH, Olmert is actually the nice one compared to either of these two.

[yurbud]

4. war crimes don't count. It has to be more pedestrian like this.

[yurbud]

3. if Israeli society doesn't collapse in the next month or so, maybe we can try this here

supposedly, we don't jail ex-presidents because it would destroy all faith in our form of government (as if ignoring blatant crimes doesn't destroy it).

[Ash_F]

5. Didn't see that coming.

Can we do that here?

[Jesus Malverde]

6. Thats pretty tough sentence for anyone....nt

[lululu]

7. I can think of any number of other Israeli politicians

I'd rather see in jail than Olmert.

This will be very hard on his family, all leftists if I recall, if this stays in place at his age.

Is there time off for good behavior in their system?