Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was questioned by police for an hour on Friday, the second time this month that investigators have quizzed him over allegations he took bribes from an American businessman. Investigators from the National Fraud Unit turned up early for a previously arranged appointment at Olmert's official residence in Jerusalem.
Deputy Israeli Defence Minister Matan Vilnai said on Friday the Palestinians would bring on themselves what he called a ''bigger holocaust'' by stepping up rocket attacks on Israel from the Gaza Strip. ''Holocaust'' is a term rarely used in Israel outside discussions of the Nazi genocide during World War II.