The real estate deal that brought down former Israeli PM
A court has sentenced Israel's former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to six years in prison for bribery and fined him 1m shekels ($289,000; £171,000).
The judge ordered Olmert to report to prison on 1 September, effectively giving his lawyers time to lodge their planned appeal with the Supreme Court.
He was convicted in March over a real estate deal that took place while he served as mayor of Jerusalem.
Yolande Knell reports.
13 May 2014
- From the section Middle East