Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman face fraud charges
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The Israeli Entity's State Prosecution on Thursday indicted former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and 17 others for giving or taking bribes in exchange for preferential terms for building projects, Israeli media reported.
Former Quds (Jerusalem) Mayor Uri Lupolianski and former "Israel" Lands Administration director Yaakov Efrati will also face charges, Israeli daily Haaretz reported.
The group are suspected of arranging tax breaks, building rights and other benefits worth tens of millions of shekels, including for the notorious Holyland luxury housing project in Jerusalem, the report said.
The former Kadima premier resigned in 2008 amid corruption allegations, prompting fresh elections that brought current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to power.
On Tuesday, Israeli enemy media reported that Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman will face a court hearing this month to decide whether he will be indicted on fraud charges.
In a related Palestinian context, "Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage" revealed that the Israeli occupation installed Tuesday CCTV cameras to monitor al-Aqsa Mosque, especially from the side of the Maghareba Gate, a position from which a large area of the Holy Mosque can be monitored.
Condemning "this serious step by the occupation," the statement pointed out that "the Zionist entity aims to restrict and intimidate worshippers inside al-Aqsa Mosque."
"Muslims will continue to keep a constant presence in the mosque to defend it," the foundation stressed.
Sheikh Azzam al-Khatib, head of Awqaf in al-Quds, considered that "this was a serious precedent which is rejected and the cameras must be removed immediately."
"We are following the matter. I official wrote to the police telling them that what they did was a serious precedent, and the cameras must be immediately removed," he added.
