Ehud Olmert

'Jerusalem Must Be Divided'

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jerusalem, Video, Jerusalem Divided, Jerusalem Partitioned, Ehud Olmert, Israel-Palestine, Israel, Jerusalem Israel, World News

JERUSALEM — Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday urged Israeli leaders to relinquish the idea of a unified Jerusalem if they truly want p...

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Is Iran Really a Threat?

Anthony Gregory | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Weapons, Obama Administration, Iran, Israel, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Netanyahu Iran, Yuval Diskin, Ehud Olmert, World News

In the decade since Bush's "axis of evil" speech, neocons have called for war with Iran. They have portrayed Iran as a nuclear threat. The propaganda has been effective.

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Former Israeli PM Against Iran Strike

AP | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Iran Strike, Video, Ehud Olmert, Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Ehud Olmert Iran, Iran, Israel, Israel Iran Strike, Israel Prime Minister, World News

JERUSALEM — A former Israeli prime minister added his voice Sunday to a growing chorus of Israeli officials against a military strike on Iran's ...

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Obama and Israel: Setting the Record Straight

Guy Ziv | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: US Israel Relations, George Bush, Obama, President Barack Obama, US Israel, George W. Bush, Aipac, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Ehud Olmert, Obama AIPAC, Iran Sanctions, Israel, World News

Contrary to the accusations leveled by Obama's critics, bilateral defense cooperation is both broader and deeper today than at any time in history.

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Former Israeli Prime Minister Indicted For Corruption

AP | By AMY TEIBEL | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Bribery, Olmert Corruption Charges, Ehud Olmert, Israeli Prime Minister, Video, World News

JERUSALEM -- Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was indicted Thursday on new corruption charges for allegedly seeking hundreds of thousands of ...

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When Condi Did Peace Processing

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Mahmoud Abbas, Bill Clinton, Jerusalem, Ehud Olmert, Condoleezza Rice, Right of Return, George W. Bush, Condoleezza Rice Middle East Peace, Condoleezza Rice Book, Condoleezza Rice Israel Palestine, World News

Even more ridiculous than the self-congratulatory tone of Rice's recollections of her role as a peace processor is the criticism directed at Obama for supposedly failing to continue pursuing his predecessor's Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy.

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Netanyahu Is Killing the Two-State Solution

Carlo Strenger | Posted 11.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, South Africa, Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli Settlements, Ehud Olmert, Avigdor Lieberman, Palestine Un Recognition, Benjamin Netanyahu, Barack Obama, Republicans, World News

Whatever the exact result of the Palestinians' UN bid will be, we must not let Netanyahu spin that Israel scores a moral victory if some major European countries will vote against it or abstain confuse us.

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Mr. Abbas Should Awe the UN, Not Just Shock It

Sarwar Kashmeri | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas, West Bank, Ehud Olmert, United Nations, Ramallah, Abbas, Olmert, Palestine, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Un, Olmert Peace Plan, World News

All eyes are focused on the high drama that Mr. Abbas has created. He owes it to his people and to the people of Israel to not just create shock at the UN without an equal dose of awe.

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Rick Perry Travel Bankrolled By Activist Rabbi Irwin Katsof

Politico | KENNETH P. VOGEL | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Shimon Peres, Elections 2012, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ehud Olmert, Rick Perry Israel, Rick Perry 2012, Israel, Rick Perry Irwin Katsof, Rabbi Irwin Katsof, Rick Perry, Politics News

Rick Perry is talking up his travels to Israel on the stump — a line that’s likely music to the ears of an activist rabbi who made the governor’...

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How the Obama Administration can Jumpstart the Peace Process

Gadi Baltiansky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli Settlements, Demilitarization, Ehud Olmert, Nato, Recognition, Obama Administration, Binyamin Netanyahu, Geneva Accords, World News

Every Israeli leader, at every round of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, has called for a demilitarized Palestinian state. It is fortunate then that this something Palestinians have already agreed to.

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Former Israeli Prime Minister On Palestinian's "Historic Mistake"

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mahmoud Abbas, Gaza, West Bank, Ehud Olmert, Middle East, Saeb Erekat, Israel, Palestine, Gaza Strip, Israel Peace Talks, World News

JERUSALEM — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made a "historic mistake" by rebuffing an Israeli peace offer during negotiations in 2008, Israe...

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Turkey Felt Betrayed by Israel

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Turkey, Negotiations, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Israel, Peace, Ehud Olmert, Syria, World News

The collapse of the Israeli-Syrian near peace agreement was the most troubling episode that deepened the growing rift between Turkey and Israel over Iran..

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Does Israel require a 'Green Light?'

Shai Baitel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Syria, Iran, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ronald Reagan, Venezuela, Ehud Olmert, United Nations, George W. Bush, Israel, Iraq, Hezbollah, Hamas, Nuclear Threat, US, Israel ? US Relations, North Korea, World News

Israel, in exercising her right to self-defense, might again save the world from a worse scenario, as she did twice before, without any "green light."

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A New Paradigm for Middle East Peace

Steve Sheffey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jerusalem, Ehud Olmert, Ariel Sharon, Judea and Samaria, George W. Bush, Israel, Palestinians, Obama, Middle East Peace, World News

Twice in the last decade, Israel offered to cede nearly all of Judea and Samaria to the Palestinians, only to be rebuffed. It's time for a new paradig...

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Israel Needs an Entebbe Moment

David Suissa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Mahmoud Abbas, Gaza, Ehud Olmert, President Obama, Israel, Yonatan Netanyahu, Bibi Netanyahu, Middle East Peace, Entebbe, World News

When Benjamin Netanyahu meets with President Obama, he has a chance to impress and shock the world -- a world that has become used to routinely criticizing and condemning Israel.

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Ehud Olmert, Ex-Israeli PM, Suspect In Bribe Case Say Police

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who was driven from office last year while facing mounting corruption charges, has been identifie...

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Responding to the New York Times on Israel

David Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

A recent editorial in the Times was a bare-knuckled assault on Israel that will bring joy to Israel's critics. But it did a disservice to the realities on the ground.

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Tormenting Israel

David Suissa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Evelyn Gordon, Yossi Klein Halevi, Ehud Olmert, Goldstone Report, Ramat Shlomo, Noah Pollak, Benjamin Netanyahu, Michael Oren, Joe Biden, Israel, Barack Obama, East Jerusalem, World News

Which act does more to undermine trust and the atmosphere for peace: a zoning permit for apartments or a memorial to terrorism?

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Israel: Occupation or Apartheid?

Jamal Dajani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gaza, West Bank, Middle East, Ehud Olmert, Ehud Barak, Jimmy Carter, Jamal Dajani, Apartheid, David Michaelis, Israel, Meron Benvenisti, World News

Though rarely used by Israeli leaders in connection to the Palestinians, the term "apartheid" is becoming more common to describe the current reality.

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Citzen's Arrest and Mass Disruption of Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert in San Francisco

Ali Abunimah | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bay Area residents attempted a citizen's arrest of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, while he gave a speech to the World Affairs Council in San Francisco on 22 October 2009.

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Olmert's Plan For Peace With The Palestinians

Haaretz | Aluf Benn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israel Peace, Palestine, Israel, Ehud Olmert, World News

Former prime minister Ehud Olmert proposed giving the Palestinians land from communities bordering the Gaza Strip and from the Judean Desert nature re...

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Former Israeli PM Olmert Shouted Down at University of Chicago (Video)

Ali Abunimah | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: University of Chicago, Ehud Olmert, Palestine, Israel Lebanon War, Goldstone Report, Richard Goldstone, Chicago News

Recording and photography were officially banned at Olmert's request, but we had a camera anyway as protester after protester rose to make a statement before police forced them to leave.

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Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's Brother Punches Reporter, Knocks Him Out

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM — The brother of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has knocked an Israeli sports reporter unconscious. Basketball executive I...

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Israel's Former PM Olmert Charged With Corruption

The Guardian | Rory McCarthy in Jerusalem | Posted 05.25.2011

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Israeli prosecutors charged the former prime minister Ehud Olmert with corruption today in three separate cases after months of high-profile investiga...

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Political Haiku: Cheney Phones Olmert

Frank Dwyer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ehud Olmert, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Politics News

Don't complain, Ehud. Since November, George and I, can't get arrested.

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