Holyland

Sentencing hearing for former PM convicted of taking bribes in Holyland affair set to begin April 28; Ch. 2 reports state to seek prison time.

Former PM questioned regarding his attempts to convince Shula Zaken not to cooperate with the prosecution in corruption case against him.

A potentially history-making national leader, Ehud Olmert was brought low by avarice and arrogance.

Former PM's spokesman blasts law enforcement for what he called continued unsubstantiated leaks before Olmert had a chance to fully respond.

Since a fundamental principle of criminal law is for defendants to get to confront their accusers through cross-examination, his lawyers can ask that Duchner’s testimony on both charges be thrown out as a matter of law.

Earlier in the letter, Nitzan qualified this pride, saying that the day Olmert was convicted was also "a sad day for the State of Israel."

One of Israel’s strengths is its capacity for self-examination and self-criticism, because only a society that can examine and criticize itself, that can look itself squarely in the mirror, can then change and improve.

Before Shmuel Duchner became the accuser, he was the front-man for the Holyland project who handed out all of the bribes to Olmert and Co. for their assistance in getting around legal and zoning obstacles.

The challenge for the state was always proving Olmert was controlling everything behind the scenes though his role in the story was always indirect.

Despite differences of opinion, the Right and the Left unite in denouncing Olmert's corruption.