Ma’‎ariv newspaper, July 13, 2012 (p. 5) by Noam Sharvit, Nir Arnon and Arik Bender — “ ‎The ruling in the Olmert affair will mean that no indictments will be served against senior public figures, because they will be scared,” ‎said Attorney Anat Savidor-Goldenzweig, a senior attorney in the Tel Aviv District Attorney’‎s Office, at a conference in Eilat. […]

‎Savidor-Goldenzweig, who was prosecutor in Dudi Appel’‎s trial, further said; “‎There is no question that this case had to brought to trial, otherwise there would have been a huge outcry. The court ruled that Mr. Olmert received USD 450,000, and I ask you: who ever gets USD 450,000? Who gets sums like this and doesn’‎t know it?”

She noted that her father, the late Menahem Savidor, who was Knesset speaker, “‎knew very well every penny that he got. He knew very well which account he was using to go overseas and which account he used for spending. What is this nonsense about people going overseas and not knowing what is going on with their accounts? With all due respect, this indictment had to be made. From reading the synopsis (of the ruling) I did not see any real criticism of the State Attorney’‎s Office. Just the opposite.” […]

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