Morris Talansky

Morris (Moshe) Talansky ( Hebrew מוריס (משה) טלנסקי; * ~ 1933) is a businessman from Long Island , USA . Together with Ehud Olmert , Prime Minister of the State of Israel , he founded the Jerusalem Fund.

In 2008, an investigation was launched against Olmert on suspicion of bribery. Talansky is one of two key witnesses in the trial, prosecutors believe that Olmert illegally received millions of shekels through illegal fundraising campaigns over a period of 15 years.

The other significant witness in this case, Olmert's former partner in her Jerusalem law firm, lawyer Uri Messer, presumably carried out the transfer of the cash between Talansky and Olmert. Messer confirmed to the police, according to the daily Maariv , that he had handed Olmert large amounts of cash in envelopes. He said, “I did not act for myself or on my own initiative. I did it with Ehud's knowledge and on his behalf. ”Talansky is said to have a lot of influence on Israeli domestic and US foreign policy in relation to Israel. Over the years he has made contributions to political heavyweights such as Rudi Giuliani and George Bush .

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This article is based on a translation of the article en: Morris Talansky from the English Wikipedia in the version of May 31, 2008 .