OLMERT'S INVESTIGATION MAY HELP PREVENT FUTURE POLITICIANS FROM DOING AS HE DID

Isi Leibler in the Jerusalem Post talks about Ehud Olmert's investigation, and says that:

It could be weeks, or even months. But Ehud Olmert's political fate is sealed. Even if the nauseating revelations in Morris Talansky's testimony fail to result in a formal indictment, Olmert has passed the point of no return in the court of public opinion, which has determined that he must go.

The displays of excessive venality and abuse of power were the final straw. Furious Israelis will not forgive the prime minister for accepting "gifts" of cash in envelopes, without receipts, in an obvious attempt to conceal how the money was spent. There is also an enormous upsurge of rage concerning his use of funds for personal gratification.

And another bit of good news from this is that it may prevent similar acts of corruption from being committed in the future.

Here's another article about the police fraud unit's investigation into cash withdrawals Olmert made in this case.