New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
(Photo: David Blumenfeld/EPA/Corbis)ISRAELI PROSECUTOR: Please go on and tell us what you mean by “intense relationship” [with Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert]. MORRIS TALANSKY: I really loved the man. I really did. ISRAELI PROSECUTOR: What was Prime Minister Olmert’s attitude toward you? MORRIS TALANSKY: He loved me. MORRIS TALANSKY: I really loved the...
Ynet News (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
Key witness in fraud investigation against Olmert has not purchased ticket to Israel for court hearing scheduled for next week; State Prosecutor appeals US justice dept to allow Talansky to avoid self-incrimination
Ynet News (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
State Prosecutor Moshe Lador and Jerusalem District Prosecutor Eli Abarbanel plan to appeal to US authorities on Friday, to request that they refrain from using material from Morris Talansky's testimony in Israel against him. Talansky's AnnouncementTalansky to stay in US despite testimony date / Aviad GlickmanState's key witness in PM bribery probe informs Justice Ministry...
New York Newsday (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Lawyer for Morris Talansky, who testified that he gave cash to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, says his client 'didn't assault' LI dentist The star witness in the corruption probe of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was in Nassau court Monday facing charges that he allegedly assaulted his octogenarian dentist.
Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
... that he took a large sum of illicit money, much stuffed in envelopes, from U.S. businessman Morris Talansky, before he became premier in 2006. Olmert denies any wrongdoing in all the cases against him. Yet Israeli police has recommended state prosecution to indict Olmert on criminal charges in the money envelopes and Olmertours cases. The latest interrogation was also the first since...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
... hundreds of thousands of dollars, most of it in envelopes full of cash, from US-Jewish fundraiser Morris Talansky. He has also been questioned regarding suspicions that he double-, and even triple-, billed sponsors for overseas visits, and used the extra money to pay for trips for his family. Police have already recommended that he be indicted on this two allegations, but a final...
Antony Loewenstein (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
As Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert resigns from the government - and Haaretz editorialises that the young country has never seen a worse premiership - this telling exchange between Olmert and a former cashed-up friend is revealing: ISRAELI PROSECUTOR: Please go on and tell us what you mean by “intense relationship” [with Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert]. MORRIS TALANSKY: I really...
Women's Lens (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
The second article is a fascinating profile from New York magazine on Morris Talansky - the man who has been accused of bringing down the just-resigned Israeli Prime Minister Olmert. The profile provides tantalizing glimpses into the intimate realities of the American Jewish community. It paints a detailed picture of the corruption and fanaticism of American Jewish leaders as it relates...
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni is the leading candidate to succeed Olmert in the party primary set for Sept. 17.The police recommendation to indict Olmert further weakens his standing as he struggles to lead in the closing phase of his term.The police said their investigation had found grounds to charge Olmert with taking bribes, fraud, breach of trust and money laundering.One case involved Morris...
CNN (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
... before he became prime minister in 2006.Earlier this year, police began an investigation into the "Talansky affair," in which allegedly received illegal funds and bribes from Jewish-American businessman Morris Talansky.In the "Rishon Tours affair," named for an Israeli travel agency, authorities are investigating whether Olmert pocketed money intended for official travel. Don't...
Tel-Chai Nation (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
... he carries," the lawyers said in a statement.[...]One case focuses on New York-based fundraiser Morris Talansky who testified in an Israeli court in May he had given Olmert $150,000 in cash-stuffed envelopes over a 15-year period.The police document said: "The investigation showed that Talansky transferred to Olmert over the years, at least since 1997, significant sums of money,...
Daily Mail News (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
... cover affairs that occurred before he became prime minister in 2006.One case focuses on Morris Talansky, a 76-year-old American Jewish businessman who testified that he handed envelopes stuffed with tens of thousands of dollars to Olmert before he became prime minister, in part financing a luxurious lifestyle of expensive hotels and fat cigars.Talansky gave lengthy public testimony...
Evening Standard (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
... cover affairs that occurred before he became prime minister in 2006.One case focuses on Morris Talansky, a 76-year-old American Jewish businessman who testified that he handed envelopes stuffed with tens of thousands of dollars to Olmert before he became prime minister, in part financing a luxurious lifestyle of expensive hotels and fat cigars.Talansky gave lengthy public testimony...
CNN (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
... before he became prime minister in 2006.Earlier this year, police began an investigation into the "Talansky affair," in which allegedly received illegal funds and bribes from Jewish-American businessman Morris Talansky.In the "Rishon Tours affair," named for an Israeli travel agency, authorities are investigating whether Olmert pocketed money intended for official travel.Don't...
CNN (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
... before he became prime minister in 2006.Earlier this year, police began an investigation into the "Talansky affair," in which allegedly received illegal funds and bribes from Jewish-American businessman Morris Talansky.In the "Rishon Tours affair," named for an Israeli travel agency, authorities are investigating whether Olmert pocketed money intended for official travel.The...
