Ehud
Olmert will wear a prison uniform and have two cellmates but will be
segregated from the general prison population for security reasons. Credit: RTV
The 70-year-old - who was credited with working towards peace with
the Palestinians while in office from 2006 to 2009 - is the first former
head of government in Israel to go to prison.
"As prime minister I was charged with the highest responsibility of safeguarding Israel's citizens. Today I am the one to be locked behind bars," he said in a video released to the media.At this time, it is important for me to say once more, as I did in court and outside it, that I completely deny the bribery charges I was accused of," Olmert said in the video.
Olmert had his initial six-year sentence cut by Israel's Supreme Court in December. A separate eight-month jail term is pending since his conviction last May in another case related to cash payments he was alleged to have received from an American businessman.
"As prime minister I was charged with the highest responsibility of safeguarding Israel's citizens. Today I am the one to be locked behind bars," he said in a video released to the media.At this time, it is important for me to say once more, as I did in court and outside it, that I completely deny the bribery charges I was accused of," Olmert said in the video.
Olmert had his initial six-year sentence cut by Israel's Supreme Court in December. A separate eight-month jail term is pending since his conviction last May in another case related to cash payments he was alleged to have received from an American businessman.
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