Arguments in state’s appeal of former PM’s acquittals in J’lem corruption trial conclude; Defense: actions not pretty, but not criminal. 

The proceedings before the Supreme Court on the state’s appeal against former prime minister Ehud Olmert’s acquittals in the Jerusalem corruption trial concluded Thursday, the second day of arguments, with the state calling Olmert’s conduct “blacker than black” and the defense saying his conduct was “not pretty, but not criminal”  Read more…

Witnesses to begin testifying by end of April; trial end date will preclude Liberman from being appointed minister. 

After years of investigation and build-up, former foreign minster Avigdor Liberman pleaded not guilty and denied the charges against him of fraud and breach of public trust, at the opening of his trial on Sunday afternoon. Read more…

Yisrael Beytenu party leader’s gambles on legal outcomes are not always as brilliant as his gambles on politics. 

The stakes just got even higher.

Only a month after resigning as foreign minister, Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman may exit political life more quickly than anyone could have predicted. Read more…

Former PM quotes Begin: There are judges in Jerusalem; Lador won’t resign. 

The Jerusalem District Court acquitted former prime minister Ehud Olmert on Tuesday of the central corruption charges against him and convicted him only of the minor crime of breach of trust. Read more…