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JERUSALEM, June 14 (UPI) -- A corruption case involving former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, closed down a year ago, may be reopened in light of new developments, officials say.
The Israeli Supreme Court recommended the government prosecutors take a second look at their decision to close an investigation into allegations the former prime minister paid a discounted price for an apartment in exchange for shortcutting the bureaucratic process for a project the apartment's developer was planning elsewhere, The Jerusalem Post reported Monday.
The investigation was dropped because of insufficient evidence of criminal wrongdoing but a petition by journalists led justices to take up the case in a hearing Monday.
State prosecutor Uri Keidar said during the hearing investigations into roles of senior municipal officials in the affair were different than those involving Olmert.
Olmert's lawyer, Roi Belcher, said his client paid the same price as anyone else who would have bought the apartment.
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