Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has come under renewed intense pressure to step down this week amid allegations that he defrauded a number of national charities during his time as mayor of Jerusalem and minister of industry and trade. According to a police statement released at the weekend, evidence suggests that over the course of many years Olmert asked several different charities to fund each of his trips abroad on state business. The money from only one charity was needed to pay for each trip, while the money from the others was deposited into a special bank account that the...