Olmert hit by more corruption allegations

ISRAELI police unveiled new corruption allegations against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert yesterday, accusing him of getting multiple sources to pay for the same trips abroad so he could pocket the difference.

The details — made public shortly after police questioned Olmert for a third time in a burgeoning corruption scandal — could make it even tougher for the embattled Israeli leader to hang on to his job as prime minister.

After the questioning, police announced they had widened their investigation to include the funding of trips abroad made by Olmert when he was Jerusalem mayor and later a cabinet minister before he was elected prime minister in 2006.