A Tel Aviv court has found former premier Ehud Olmert guilty of bribery linked to a Jerusalem property development, in one of the worst corruption scandals in Israeli history.
At a lengthy hearing in Tel Aviv District Court on Monday, Olmert was convicted of two counts of bribery, making him the first former prime minister to be convicted of the offence and of perjury.
The trial, which included 16 defendants and took place over two years, was linked to the construction of the massive Holyland residential complex when Olmert was the city's mayor.
In 2010, Olmert was named the key suspect in the so-called Holyland affair on suspicion he received bribes totalling about 1.5 million shekels ($A466,529 at today's exchange rate), although the prosecution later reduced the sum received by about half.
The 68-year-old and several of his associates were accused of helping the towering construction project to pass various legal and planning obstacles.
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"We're talking about corrupt and filthy practices," Judge David Rosen said.
He also spoke of a "corrupt political system which has decayed over the years ... and in which hundreds of thousands of shekels were transferred to elected officials".
Rosen also said the former premier had lied to the court in a bid to "blacken the name" of the state's witness in a verdict that found 13 of the 16 defendants guilty.
Olmert reportedly sat expressionless throughout the verdict.
It was not immediately clear when the court would pass sentence.
In July 2012, a Jerusalem court found Olmert guilty of breach of trust but cleared him on two more serious charges related to the alleged receipt of cash-stuffed envelopes and multiple billing for trips abroad.
He was fined $US19,000 ($A20,614) and given a suspended jail sentence for graft.
The conviction related to favours that Olmert granted a former colleague while serving as trade and industry minister.
The Haifa-born politician was mayor of Jerusalem from 1993 to 2003, after which he served as a cabinet minister, holding the trade and industry portfolio as well as several others.
He became premier in 2006, leading the centre-right Kadima party into government, but resigned in September 2008 after police recommended he be indicted in several graft cases.
