COURT: FORMER PM OLMERT TO SERVE 18 MONTHS:

Five Supreme Court justices have examined the appeal by former PM Ehud Olmert and partially accepted the appeal. He will serve 18 months in prison. He will begin his sentence on February 15 2015. Olmert was found guilty in 2014 on two counts of bribery and sentenced to six years in prison, two years probation, and a fine of $257,000. He was also ordered to forfeit $144,000 in assets. While the Supreme Court has now absolved him from the charge of receiving a $187,000 bribe, it unanimously upheld his convicted of receiving $15,000 in a separate bribe. Seven other people were also found guilty in the case, including former Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski. The crimes revolved around Jerusalem's Holyland property development. Prosecutors claim that Olmert, during his term as mayor of Jerusalem, received 500,000 shekels in bribes in exchange for easing the approval process for Holyland. Olmert will be the first Israeli prime minister sent to prison. Former President Moshe Katsav is also currently in prison, though he may soon be released on parole. (Arutz-7) Pray for men and women of highest integrity - and a vision for the Jewish state that is in agreement with that of the God of Israel - to be placed at the helm of Israel’s government.