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Australian letters

9 January 2016

9:00 AM

9 January 2016

9:00 AM

Rule of law

Sir: A few days ago former Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Olmert, was sentenced to an 18 month jail term for corruption. Five years ago Moshe Katsav, a former President of Israel, was convicted of rape – these convictions reflect badly on Katsav and Olmert as individuals. The fact that men in such high positions – indeed the highest positions in the land – were convicted of such serious offences is indeed shocking.

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