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| Israeli PM 'should be indicted' | Israeli PM 'should be indicted' |
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| Israeli police have formally recommended to prosecutors that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert be indicted in a corruption investigation. | Israeli police have formally recommended to prosecutors that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert be indicted in a corruption investigation. |
| The decision on whether to indict him now rests with the attorney general. | |
| Mr Olmert has already announced that he will resign later this month because of the multiple corruption investigations. | |
| The recommended charges include bribery, fraud, money laundering and breach of public trust. Mr Olmert denies all allegations against him. | |
| The ruling Kadima party is to hold a leadership vote on 17 September. | The ruling Kadima party is to hold a leadership vote on 17 September. |
| EHUD OLMERT'S POLITICAL LIFE 1993: Begins 10-year stint as mayor of Jerusalem2005: Leaves right-wing Likud party with former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to form Kadima2006: Takes over as leader when Ariel Sharon suffers a stroke2007: Helps re-launch Israeli-Palestinian peace talks after seven-year hiatus2008: Announces plans to resign New Israeli leader, same puzzlesEhud Olmert: Corruption allegations | EHUD OLMERT'S POLITICAL LIFE 1993: Begins 10-year stint as mayor of Jerusalem2005: Leaves right-wing Likud party with former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to form Kadima2006: Takes over as leader when Ariel Sharon suffers a stroke2007: Helps re-launch Israeli-Palestinian peace talks after seven-year hiatus2008: Announces plans to resign New Israeli leader, same puzzlesEhud Olmert: Corruption allegations |
| Polls show Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni as front-runner in the leadership race against Transport Minister and former defence chief Shaul Mofaz. | |
| The police said they had evidence showing Mr Olmert allegedly accepted tens of thousands of dollars in bribes from American businessman Morris Talansky. | The police said they had evidence showing Mr Olmert allegedly accepted tens of thousands of dollars in bribes from American businessman Morris Talansky. |
| Mr Olmert is also accused of filing duplicate claims to government agencies for travel expenses. | Mr Olmert is also accused of filing duplicate claims to government agencies for travel expenses. |
| 'Meaningless' | |
| The accusations date back to his time as mayor of Jerusalem and minister of trade and industry before he became prime minister in 2006. | The accusations date back to his time as mayor of Jerusalem and minister of trade and industry before he became prime minister in 2006. |
| Mr Olmert's lawyers said the police recommendation to indict the prime minister was meaningless. | Mr Olmert's lawyers said the police recommendation to indict the prime minister was meaningless. |
| "The only person authorised by the law to decide whether to indict a prime minister is the attorney general. He has the authority and he bears the responsibility over the issue," his lawyers said in a statement. | "The only person authorised by the law to decide whether to indict a prime minister is the attorney general. He has the authority and he bears the responsibility over the issue," his lawyers said in a statement. |
| But correspondents say there is almost complete unanimity in Israel that this latest move marks the end of the Olmert era. | |
| Mr Olmert's government is suffering mounting internal divisions which correspondents say could prevent any significant decisions in Arab-Israeli peace talks. | |
| On Sunday, he failed to convince cabinet members to discuss a relocation plan for settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. |