Israel National News
A The Palestinian Authority said the Obama administration has warned it will cut aid if it goes to the United Nations again for recognition. In Congress, opposition to aiding the Palestinian Authority was fueled by charges that PA Chairman Mahmoud...
Zee News
On Tuesday, a Jerusalem court acquitted Olmert in two concurrent corruption trials, while finding him guilty of improprieties in a third. But Olmert's attorney demanded to close the case "because there is no evidence Olmert received bribes, and the...
Haaretz
A group of hackers calling themselves the "Gaza Hacker Team" hacked into the Knesset's website on Tuesday night. The hackers posted a communique on the site with a list of demands written in Hebrew, including Israel cease "digging underneath the al-...
San Francisco Chronicle
An Israeli court on Tuesday cleared former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of the most serious corruption charges against him, including fraud, concealing cash gifts and double billing, but convicted him on a lesser count of breach of trust. The split...
Haaretz
There was no smile on the face of Shula Zaken when she left the courtroom on Tuesday. Zaken, who was Ehud Olmert's bureau chief and right-hand woman through all the years he served as mayor, minister and then prime minister, was convicted of fraud...
Haaretz
On Tuesday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called Ehud Olmert to congratulate him on the Jerusalem District Court decision that acquitted him of two major corruption charges that led to his resignation as Prime Minister. In an apparent...