Olmert Indicted by Israeli Court

I'm still waiting for the one from the Hague, but....

"Former Israeli prime minister indicted" New York Times, January 06, 2012

JERUSALEM - Ehud Olmert, who resigned as prime minister of Israel in 2008 amid corruption charges, was indicted yesterday for allegedly taking bribes in the construction of a huge residential complex while he was mayor of Jerusalem.

Olmert, who is on trial on three unrelated counts of fraud and breach of trust from before his tenure as prime minister, has denied all wrongdoing.

In the newest and by far most serious indictment, he is accused of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to smooth the way for construction of the Holyland, an enormous hulk of a residential complex in southwestern Jerusalem.

He's done worse.

When the case was first made public nearly two years ago, the presiding judge called it “one of the worst corruption affairs in Israeli history.’’

The Holyland is built on a ridge with interlocking apartment buildings and one outsized tower that dominates the landscape for miles and is widely considered an eyesore. It has been dubbed “the monster.’’

Millions of dollars are said to have changed hands to allow the project to go up in a hurry.

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Also see: Olmert the Thief

A Beirut suburb last July, after Israeli airstrikes ordered by Ehud Olmert

Oh, yeah, did I also mention he's a war criminal?