New Olmert indictment keeps focus on political corruption
JERUSALEM (JTA)—The indictment of former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and 17 other Israelis on charges related to one of the largest real estate scandals in Israeli history is the latest shoe to drop in a country where political corruption has come to...
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