Olmert with heart disease to hospital

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (71) was sent to a hospital from prison on Tuesday.

On Thursday, a committee must decide on an Olmert request for early release. He had been under pressure lately because the police wanted to question him about new allegations. Olmert works in prison on his memoirs and, with the help of his lawyer, tried to smuggle a highly secret information script without submitting this to the censor.

Due to the corruption scandal, Olmert had to resign in 2008.