Israel’s Olmert cleared of major charges

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert smiles at Jerusalem’s District Court following a verdict hearing in his trial Tuesday. An Israeli court on Tuesday cleared Olmert of the major charges in a corruption trial that forced him from power.

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s acquittal of the most serious charges in a high-profile corruption case on Tuesday set off a fierce debate about how the peace process might have proceeded differently had the former leader not been driven from office three years ago.

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Published: 07/11/2012