The High Court heard a petition by Olmert’s lawyers to defer his case for a few months while he undergoes treatment for prostate cancer. Sure enough, the Olmert-haters denied the petition.
In fact, there was no hearing. The judges ‘recommended’ that Olmert’s lawyers withdraw their petition. In any normal country, such a recommendation—a trial without a trial—would be considered a gross case of corruption, and would lead to public outcry. In Israel, such recommendations are the norm.
