Text: Haaretz Magazine Expose on Ehud Olmert


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“It is the year 2000. The mayor of Jerusalem, Ehud Olmert, is sitting in his office with his feet on the desk and a cigar in his mouth. Also in the room are his eternal bureau chief, Shula Zaken, and a guest. Suddenly the door opens and into the room steps someone who obviously feels at home in the office. Olmert leaps out of his chair and rushes to embrace the man. It is a brotherly embrace. ‘Who is he?’ the guest asks, taken aback by the emotional intensity. ‘It’s Benny Tavin,’ Zaken tells him in a whisper.”