Olmert told TV channel i24NEWS that his six-year prison sentence for graft and bribery ‐ he was released on parole last year, after serving just 16 months ‐ was the result of trumped up charges.
"The nature of the allegations against me...were really at the end of the day very ridiculous, very insignificant...it was clear to me that those who were after me were ready to do everything, everything in order to get rid of me...," he said.
"It was big operation, largely financed by rich Jews from America."
| It’s not the first time the left wing politician has made such claims, as it turns out. If only the left wing were not in decline in Israeli politics, he might have gotten some traction, poor dear. |
Speaking with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in May 2012, Olmert insisted that he had been the victim of a right-wing conspiracy involving powerful American businessmen. However, he declined to name names.
“[Trying to make peace] was a killer for me,” he told Amanpour, adding that “millions and millions of dollars” had been provided by American right-wingers in hopes of toppling him.