According to a report in the daily Ma�ariv, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert admitted to police that he accepted cash envelopes from Moshe Talansky on two occasions, but insists the envelopes contained several hundred dollars, no more � and not the enormous sums reported in the media based on Talansky�s testimony.
Police find the fact that Olmert admits to taking envelopes as a significant development since he is not denying the factual accuracy of Talansky�s statements, but he is nevertheless stating the amount of money received was far less than claimed by the state�s star witness.
According to Ma�ariv, police requested that the prime minister a lot several hours for his questioning session on Friday, but it appears the prime minister has only allocated a two-hour slot which is set to begin at 10:00AM.
(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)
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Modeh b’miktzas chayav shvuah!
please tell me in English what the last sentence in this article means
Why the long face? Do bribes have a bad smell?
He who admits to half is as if he admitted to the whole thing.
There were only enough bills to blow his twisted nasal aperatus with.
2, I assume someone left out the second “l” in allot.
What is with the picture? Did you have to post such or were you trying to make a statetment? Not sure this is right!
Olmert has a oversized need for granduer, money is needed to upkeep that lifestyle, particularly when most of the country is going broke.
Just wondering.
If this story concerned a Chasidic Rebbe, would the story be posted?
Would you accompany the story with a similar picture?
If Rabbi Talansky had a heimishe background, would he be treated any differently?
Which stories are censored because of Loshon Hara and which are posted despite the issur of Loshon Hara?
I would guess that this picture was taken when he was gazing into the mirror..