Police promise to indict Olmert in a month

on both Talansky and Rishon Tours charges. The indictment would hardly result in a meaningful court sentence, both because Olmert placated the leftist establishment by stepping down, and because no one in the establishment wants to set a precedent of convicting a high-ranking politician, as the precedent might one day be applied to himself.
Olmert’s prosecution is outrageous. His alleged crimes are trivial: every Israeli party receives foreign donations, and every major politician lives off the donations. To prosecute Olmert on Talansky irregularities before jailing Barak for life for passing the Gaza gas field to Arafat is a top of hypocrisy. The overbilling case should not concern the state whatsoever as long as the allegedly overbilled charities do not complain.