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Olmert to face eighth police probe By Jonathan Lis Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is to be interrogated today for the eighth time in recent months at his official residence in Jerusalem. This will be the first meeting between Olmert and the team of police investigators since the prime minister announced his resignation and his attacks in an interview in Yedioth Ahronoth on the investigators' conduct. The investigation is expected to begin at 10 A.M. It is believed that the investigators will ask Olmert about the Investment Center affair, in which it is alleged that during his term as industry, trade and labor minister, Olmert granted major state funding to a company represented by his close associate attorney Uri Messer. Advertisement The investigation of this matter is considered close to completion, but the head of the police Investigations Division, Yohanan Danino, decided to have the team obtain more testimony from Olmert before a recommendation is made on whether to issue an indictment. The investigators might also use the time to ask Olmert further about his purchase of the house of Cremieux Street in Jerusalem, in which police suspect that the contractor who sold the house to Olmert discounted the price by hundreds of thousands of dollars in exchange for Olmert using his ties with the Jerusalem municipality to secure for the contractor increased building rights in another project on that street. The police recently recommended to the State Prosecutor's Office that Olmert be tried for taking bribes, fraudulent receipt under aggravated circumstances, and breach of trust on the Morris Talansky "cash envelopes" affair and the Rishon Tours affair in which the prime minister is suspected of using charity money to fund overseas trips. Attorney General Menahem Mazuz is the official who decides whether to indict Olmert. A source in the State Prosecutor's Office said a decision is expected in a few weeks, apparently after the holiday. Meanwhile, the police announced they have enough evidence to indict Olmert's former bureau chief, Shula Zaken, and Messer, who was also Olmert's former law partner. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Rise in anti-Semitism ADL warns financial crisis is causing upsurge in anti-Jewish activity on the internet. Bubbes for Obama Comedian posts video calling on Jews to lobby Florida grandparents to vote Obama.

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