Police report that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert continues to ignore their most recent request to set aside time for another questioning session.

On Friday, he will be questioned ‘under warning’ for a fourth time, but the meeting was only arranged after police wrote the prime minister’s legal team three times. Not seeking to waste time, police already tried to set aside a date for a fifth session, but this has still gone unanswered.

Police are hopeful that Friday’s session will be the last regarding the Olmert Tours and Talansky cash envelope investigations, despite the fact Olmert has only blocked two hours for questioning when police requested significantly longer. That leaves investigations into the prime minister’s real estate affairs.

Police add that they do have solid evidence, such a documents signed by Olmert attesting he knew that his travel tickets abroad were being billed to numerous organizations, resulting in his profiting over $100,000.

NOTE: Being questioned ‘under warning’ signifies police are confident that a criminal indictment will follow.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)