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Graft-tainted ex-Israeli PM released from jail on parole
Published Sun, Jul 2, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Ramla, Israel
ISRAELI ex-prime minister Ehud Olmert was freed from prison on Sunday after being granted parole from a 27-month sentence for corruption scandals that brought down his promising political career.
Mr Olmert, the country's first former premier to serve jail time, did not speak to reporters when leaving the Maasiyahu prison in central Israel.
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