Parole board decides to grant former PM Olmert early release

The Parole Board on Thursday decided to grant former prime minister Ehud Olmert's request for early release.

Olmert has served two thirds of his sentence after being convicted in 2015 in the so-called Talansky case, in which he was accused of accepting money-filled envelopes from American Jewish businessman Morris "Moshe" Talansky in return for favors.