The corruption trial of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will not be postponed due to the prosecutor’s leave of absence, a court ruled.
The Jerusalem District Court ruled Feb. 17 against the request by the Prosecutor’s Office to delay the trial by three months after Jerusalem District Prosecutor Uri Korb went on leave for an unspecified period of time. The hearing of testimony might even begin before the end of this week.
But after only a couple days of the trial this month, it won’t resume its regular schedule until April 6.
Korb took the leave Feb. 14 at the request of the Justice Ministry following the publication of insulting statements he made about judges and attorneys associated with the ministry while teaching a college seminar.
During his course on the judiciary, Korb told the students at Sha’arei Mishpat College in Hod HaSharon that “a large portion of the judges in the State of Israel are major asses.”
His statements will be investigated by a disciplinary committee at the Civil
Service Commission. Korb faces sanctions ranging from a reprimand to dismissal. — jta