Ehud Olmert

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Ahmadinejad Wants McCain and Palin in The White House

Sam Sedaei | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, John McCain, Ehud Olmert, George W. Bush, Sarah Palin, Iran, Joe Biden, Israel, 2008 Election, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Politics News

We ran to our underground basement to take refuge every time Saddam's planes were about to drop bombs on Tehran.

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Olmert To Resign Immediately After Vote For Successor

AP | JOSEF FEDERMAN | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ehud Olmert, Ehud Olmert Scandal, Olmert and Scandal, Olmert Resignation, Politics News

JERUSALEM — Ehud Olmert pledged Thursday to immediately resign as Israel's prime minister once his party chooses his successor as leader next we...

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Israeli Police: Indict Prime Minister Olmert On Corruption Charges

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Israel, Ehud Olmert, Olmert Corruption Charges, Israeli Police Olmert, Politics News

JERUSALEM — Israel's police recommended Sunday that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert should be indicted in a string of corruption cases, according to ...

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Palestinians Reject West Bank Deal From Israeli Prime Minister

Reuters | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palestine, West Bank, Jerusalem, Ehud Olmert, West Bank Deal, Israel, Palestinians, East Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister, Politics News

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has rejected an Israeli peace proposal because it does not provide for a contiguous Palestinian state with Jerusal...

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Iran: Beyond the Rubicon of Trust

Hannah Fisher | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Ehud Olmert, Iran Oil, Iran, Iran Nuclear Program, Iran Israel, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Breaking Politics News, Politics News

Iran's refusal to temporarily freeze its nuclear program raises suspicion and suggests that the apparently diplomatic position of its Vice President is a plot to further envelop its actions in a cloud of ambivalence.

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Olmert's Dignified Exit

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Ehud Olmert Scandal, Ehud Olmert, Israel-Palestine, Prime Minister Olmert, Israel Syria, Tzipi Livni, Olmert Israel, Israel, Politics News

Olmert's shortcomings notwithstanding, he pursued peace -- a choice that should not be denied its grandeur or be pawned off as a last effort to distract public attention from his personal troubles.

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Olmert's Political Turmoil Could be Chance for Peace

Ray Hanania | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Mahmoud Abbas, Bill Clinton, Ehud Olmert, Palestinian President, Terrorism, Palestine, Hamas, Ehud Barak, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ariel Sharon, Israeli Prime Minister, Israel, Chance for Peace, Peace Accord, Extremism, Politics News

Olmert could not be more disliked than he already is. But in one quick move to strike a real deal with Abbas and the Palestinians on a peace accord, he could redeem himself.

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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert To Resign In September

Jerusalem Post | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ehud Olmert, Prime Minister Olmert, Kadim Primary, Israel, Israel Prime Minister, Olmert Resignation, Politics News

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert held a special press conference on Wednesday at 8 p.m. where he announced he will not run in the Kadima primary scheduled t...

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What Brian Williams Should (But Probably Won't) Ask Ahmadinejad Tonight

Sam Sedaei | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, John McCain, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Israel, Ehud Olmert, Barack Obama, Brian Williams, George W. Bush, Politics News

Williams is likely to continue to obsess about two issues throughout the interview: Iran's nuclear program and Ahmadinejad's rhetoric on Israel.

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Did Hezbollah Win?

Jamal Dajani | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hezbollah, Lebanon, Hassan Nasrallah, Israel, Ehud Olmert, Middle East Conflict, Israel-Hezbollah Prisoner Exchange, Terrorism, Politics News

It was not until television stations broadcast pictures of two black coffins being unloaded from a truck at the Israeli-Lebanese border that Israelis became certain of the fate of the soldiers.

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Olmert Agrees To Hold Early Primaries

New York Times | ISABEL KERSHNER | Posted 07.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Israeli Politics, Israel, Ehud Olmert Scandal, Ehud Olmert, Home News

The embattled prime minister of Israel, Ehud Olmert, agreed on Wednesday to hold primaries in his centrist Kadima Party by late September, averting a ...

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"Appeasement" Israeli Style

Jamal Dajani | Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, George Bush, Gaza, Middle East, Ehud Olmert, Hezbollah, Hamas, Israel, Appeasement, Politics News

On the surface, a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and a prisoner swap deal between Hezbollah and Israel provide a glimmer of hope for a period of tranquility between the conflicting parties.

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Barak: Labor Supports Dissolving Israeli Knesset If Olmert Does Not Resign

AP | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ehud Barak, Ehud Olmert, Israeli Defense Minister, Israeli Prime Minister, Knesset, Ehud Barak and Ehud Olmert, Dissolving the Knesset, Politics News

JERUSALEM — Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Thursday that his Labor Party will support dissolving Israel's parliament if Prime Minister...

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Bush, Olmert Meet To Discuss Iran, Mideast Peace In Washington

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 06.12.2008 | Home

Read More: George Bush, Ehud Olmert, Israeli Prime Minister, Mideast Peace Agenda, Olmert and Bush, Olmert and Bush Agenda, Olmert Corruption Scandals, Home News

WASHINGTON — A corruption scandal engulfing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was pushed into the background Wednesday as the beleaguered Israe...

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New Israeli Settlements To Be Built In Occupied West Bank

Reuters | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: More West Bank Settlements, West Bank, Israeli Settlements, Ehud Olmert, Israel, Jewish Settlements, Politics News

Israel announced plans on Sunday to build hundreds of new homes in an area of the occupied West Bank the Israeli government considers part of Jerusale...

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Time To Put Out The Cigar, Ehud

Richard Z. Chesnoff | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Israel, Ehud Olmert, Ariel Sharon, Tzipi Livni, Benjamin Netanyahu, Mideast, Politics News

I've never much liked Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert - at least not personally. Still, I had measured hopes for his success.

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When Rockets Go Slam

Joel Mowbray | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Bush Israel, Ehud Olmert, Terrorism, Rocket Attack, Hamas, Ashkelon, Israel, Politics News

That no one died in this rocket attack is no ordinary miracle. So many factors coalesced that even slightly different circumstances could have produced far deadlier results.

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Olmert Should Resign: Ehud Barack

AP | JOSEF FEDERMAN | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ehud Olmert, Ehud Barak, Israeli Prime Minister, Israeli Prime Minister Bribe, Israeli Defense Minister, Politics News

JERUSALEM — Israel's powerful defense minister on Wednesday called on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to step down amid a burgeoning corruption scand...

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Israel: The Next 60 Years

Gabriel Rotello | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, South Africa, Ehud Olmert, Apartheid, Zionism, Israel, Israel 60th Birthday, Politics News

To many Westerners and Israelis, it looks like the Arabs keep losing and just can't admit it. To many Arabs, it seems equally obvious that they are guaranteed to win in the long run.

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Israeli PM denies taking illicit donations from American

AP | STEVEN GUTKIN | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ehud Olmert, Olmert Scandal, Olmert Funds, Israel Prime Minister, Morris Talansky, Politics News

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert denied fresh accusations that he illegally accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from a U.S. ...

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The Taming of the Lion

Jamal Dajani | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Golan Heights, Syria, Israeli Strike, Israel, Jamal Dajani, Nuke, Korean Reactor, Ehud Olmert, Bashar Al-Assad, Cia, Politics News

Syria claims that Israel has made an offer to withdraw from the Golan Heights in exchange for a peace deal with Damascus. This is particularly intriguing.

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Right-Wing Faction Pulls Out Of Israeli Government, Deals Blow To Mideast Peace

AP | LAURIE COPANS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Israeli Politics, Yisrael Beiteinu, Israeli Government, Israel, Ehud Olmert, Right-Wing Faction Israeli Government, Politics News

A hawkish faction in Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's coalition pulled out of the government on Wednesday, weakening him at a time when he needs broad sup...

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Bush Tells Israelis He Doesn't Believe Iran NIE Report

Newsweek | Michael Hirsh | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iran NIE, War With Iran, National Intelligence Estimate, Ehud Olmert, Iran National Intelligence Estimate Nuclear Weapons Program, Bush Iran NIE, George W. Bush, Bush Iran, Olmert Israel, President Bush, Nie Iran Report, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Politics News

In public, President Bush has been careful to reassure Israel and other allies that he still sees Iran as a threat, while not disavowing his administr...

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Bush Tears Up: US Should Have Bombed Auschwitz

Associated Press | Aron Heller | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Holocaust, Bush Israel, Bush, Ehud Olmert, George W. Bush, Bush Olmert, Olmert Israel, President Bush, Bush Auschwitz, Politics News

President Bush had tears in his eyes during an hour-long tour of Israel's Holocaust memorial Friday and told Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that ...

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Jersualem Put Into Darkness So That Bush Can Enjoy Sunrise

AFP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lights Out Jerusalem, Olmert Israel, Bush Administration, Bush Israel, Israel, Ehud Olmert, George W. Bush, Politics News

Lights in the Old City of Jerusalem will be turned off before dawn this week so visiting US President George W. Bush can get a better view of the sun ...

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