JERUSALEM (AP) — Two days after being acquitted of the central charges in a corruption trial, former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he's not going back to politics. Speculation that he'll return to political life has been rife since a Jerusalem court dismissed most of the charges against Olmert. including that he illicitly took cash-stuffed envelopes from an American supporter and double billed Jewish organizations to cover overseas travel. He was convicted only on a lesser charge of steering government contracts to a friend's clients. Olmert said in Tel Aviv on Thursday he has "no intention of entering politics." His close aide Jacob Galanti said earlier that Olmert wouldn't decide whether to re-enter politics until his trial in a separate real estate bribery case ends. The case is expected to take another year.
Israel's Olmert says he won't re-enter politics
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Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert smiles at Jerusalem's District Court following a verdict hearing in his trial Tuesday, July 10, 2012. An Israeli court on Tuesday cleared Olmert of the major charges in a corruption trial that forced him from power. Olmert was found guilty of a lesser offense, and it was not clear whether that verdict could send him to jail. (AP Photo/Gali Tibbon, Pool)
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Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert sends a text message from his mobile phone at Jerusalem's District Court following a verdict hearing in his trial Tuesday, July 10, 2012. An Israeli court on Tuesday cleared Olmert of the major charges in a corruption trial that forced him from power. Olmert was found guilty of a lesser offense, and it was not clear whether that verdict could send him to jail.(AP Photo/Gali Tibbon, Pool)
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