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                    [Title] => Israel's Olmert to become first leader to go to prison
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Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who claimed to be on the cusp of a historic peace deal with the Palestinians just a few years ago, now is set to become the first Israeli leader to go to prison after the Supreme Court upheld a bribery conviction against him yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-29 15:51:31 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1420551 [AuthorName] => Josef Federman [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1537421 [Title] => Israel's top court sends ex-PM Olmert to 18 months in prison [Summary] =>

Israel's Supreme Court on Tuesday reduced former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's prison sentence for a sweeping bribery scandal from six years to 18 months, handing him a moral victory even as he prepares to become the first former Israeli head of government to be imprisoned.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-29 04:42:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1137584 [AuthorName] => Aron Heller [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1307271 [Title] => Israeli court convicts ex-PM Olmert of bribery [Summary] =>

An Israeli court on Monday convicted former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in a wide-ranging bribery case, a verdict that could send him to prison and that is likely to rule out any immediate hopes for a political comeback.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-31 17:20:58 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1137584 [AuthorName] => Aron Heller [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20140331/prime-minister-ehud-olmert.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1288080 [Title] => Israel ex-PM recounts 2008 talks with Palestinians [Summary] =>

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Friday that if talks he held with Palestinians in 2008 had produced a peace deal, it would have forced tens of thousands of Jewish settlers to leave their homes in the West Bank.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-08 08:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1357160 [AuthorName] => Ian Deitch [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 500704 [Title] => Former Israeli prime minister Olmert indicted [Summary] =>

Israeli authorities indicted former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on corruption charges Sunday, the first criminal indictment ever filed against a current or past Israeli prime minister.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-31 00:02:56 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 453013 [Title] => Israeli president says new government committed to peace [Summary] =>

JERUSALEM (Xinhua) -- Israeli President Shimon Peres said Sunday that the upcoming government led by hawkish Benjamin Netanyahu will be committed to the Mideast peace process.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-29 21:04:52 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 444552 [Title] => Outgoing Israeli PM to face indictment in fraud case [Summary] =>

JERUSALEM (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert would face the indictment by Attorney General on criminal charges of fraud and breach of trust in the case of US businessman Morris Talansky, local media reported yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-02 04:07:56 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 444551 [Title] => Israel threatens painful response to Gaza rockets [Summary] =>

JERUSALEM (AP) – Prime Minister Ehud Olmert threatened a painful response to Palestinian rocket fire menacing southern Israel, suggesting yesterday that the blistering offensive against Gaza Strip militants fell short of its goals.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-02 03:02:53 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 438194 [Title] => Israeli leaders discuss Egyptian draft of ceasefire [Summary] =>

JERUSALEM (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni discussed this morning the Egypt-brokered draft of long- term ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, local media reported.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-08 19:43:44 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 436456 [Title] => Israel threatens response to new militant rockets [Summary] =>

JERUSALEM (AP) – Gaza militants launched rockets and mortar shells into southern Israel yesterday, wounding three Israelis, drawing a threat of "disproportionate" retaliation from the prime minister and further straining a cease-fire that ended Israel's Gaza offensive.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-02 00:18:38 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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