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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert admitted on Thursday that he accepted campaign donations from an American businessman, but denied that they were bribes
and said he would only resign if he were indicted.

Olmert is suspected of illicitly receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars from Morris (Moshe) Talansky, according to the details of an investigation currently being carried out against him.

The Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court on Thursday relaxed a sweeping media gag order that has prevented the reporting of details on the probe, at the request of police and judicial officials. Olmert was questioned last Friday and the gag order was initially meant to remain in place until early next week.



In a terse, late-night televised statement to journalists at his residence in Jerusalem, Olmert said that a lawyer had handled his finances and that everything had been done legally. "I never took bribes, I never took a penny for myself, he said."

He said he would not fight to stay in office if he is charged. "If I am indicted, I will resign my post," he said, adding that he believed the crisis over the investigation would soon blow over.

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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is suspected of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars from an American citizen, Moshe Talansky, various media outlets reported Thursday.

Channel 10 reported that Talansky was a middleman for illegal campaign contributions, and that he readily told Israeli interrogators everything he knew about the case.