Former president Moshe Katsav told confidants he spoke with on Monday that he wants to mentor former prime minister Ehud Olmert while they are both at Ma’asiyahu Prison in Ramle, Channel 2 reported.
In the wake of a prisoner swap between the US and Iran on Sunday, that took place the same day America gave Tehran $1.7 billion in taxpayer funds, concerns are high that the transfer was a ransom payment, reports the Wall Street Journal late Thursday.
Qatar – A split-screen photo posted to an Arab journalist’s Facebook page of an emaciated Syrian prisoner matched-up against a photo of a robust Israeli prisoner has gone viral and is drawing praise for Israel’s treatment of its prisoners from the Arab world.