Olmert convicted for taking bribes in Holyland scandal
Jewish Journal
March 31, 2014
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was found guilty of accepting bribes in the Holyland corruption case.
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bribery
Israeli judge who fled extradited from Peru
Jewish Journal
March 18, 2013
An Israeli judge who fled to Peru eight years ago following allegations of bribery and fraud was extradited to Israel.
Olmert says he has no plans to re-enter politics
Jewish Journal
July 12, 2012
Former Israeli Prime Minister Olmert, following his acquittal on the most serious corruption charges, said he does not intend to return to politics.
N.Y. lawmaker Carl Kruger quits over bribery charges
Jewish Journal
December 22, 2011
A New York lawmaker who had strong Orthodox Jewish backing because he rejected a gay rights initiative quit after pleading guilty to charges that he funneled bribes through his gay lover.
Abramoff receives new four-year sentence, Phoenix community leader murdered
Jewish Journal
September 11, 2008
Jewish lobbyist Jack Abramoff was sentenced to four years in prison. Abramoff had pleaded guilty to corruption and tax offenses related to influence peddling involving Republican congressmen and midlevel Bush administration officials, some of whom were convicted.
Ehud Olmert should be indicted, Israeli police tell prosecutors
Jewish Journal
September 8, 2008
Ehud Olmert should be indicted on corruption charges, Israel police recommended Sunday. Bribery is the most serious of the charges that police recommended against the prime minister to Attorney General Menachem Mazuz. Others include fraud, breach of trust and money laundering.\n\n
A Gift in the Hand is Worth…
Eric Silver
January 6, 2000
peace with Syria in West Virginia this week. But the 76-year-old economic cooperation minister may have moved within striking distance of the last public position he still craves: the presidency.
The prospects of Ezer Weizman\’s completing his second term have diminished after he confirmed a report by investigative journalist Yoav Yitzhak that he received nearly half a million dollars from a French Jewish tycoon, Edouard Seroussi, while serving as a legislator and minister in the \’80s.
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