Israeli Prime Minister Olmert to resign.
Submitted by aVoiceof Reason. on Sun, 09/21/2008 - 10:56
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/21/israel.olmert/inde...
JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, dogged by allegations of corruption, formally announced his intention to resign Sunday at a Cabinet meeting.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert did not give a timetable Sunday when he would officially leave office.
"This was not an easy or simple decision," he said before the meeting.
His office said he would submit his official letter of resignation to President Shimon Peres at 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
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