Ehud Olmert

Key events in the history of Hebron

The Associated Press Saturday, November 29, 2008; 5:22 PM -- A timeline of Jewish presence in Hebron, traditional burial place of the biblical patriarch Abraham: 1800 B.C. (approx.) _ According to Chapter 23 of the Book of...

Turkish premier conducts telephone diplomacy over India-Pakistan tension after Mumbai attacks

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has held a round of telephone diplomacy in a bid to ease tension between India and Pakistan after a chain of deadly attacks which killed at least 194 people in Mumbai.

Finance Committee Set to Approve Treasury Bailout Plan

The Knesset Finance Committee is set to approve on Sunday the financial emergency package presented by the Treasury last week. The package, designed to ward off the consequences to Israelis of the worldwide recession, credit...

Likud MKs Defend Friedmann from Meridor

Former justice minister Dan Meridor tore into the current Justice Minister Prof. Daniel Friedmann Friday at a legal conference in Caesarea, prompting a counterattack from Likud Knesset Members. "We have lost this battle,"...

Livni aides: Barak, Netanyahu apathetic to corruption

Kadima sources close to party Chairwoman Tzipi Livni, criticized Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu and Labor Chairman Ehud Barak on Saturday, for not commenting on Attorney General Menachem Mazuz' decision to indict Prime...

Peace- Too Little For Too Long Or Too Late For Peace?

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas have been circling around one another for a few years, exchanging words about peace and compromise, but never finalizing anything other than they both have a desire...

Intense Palestinian mortar fire injures 8 Israeli soldiers opposite Gaza

Hamas took responsibility for the Palestinian mortar barrage directed Friday night, Nov. 28, at the IDF base near Nahal Oz opposite the Gaza Strip. Six men and women soldiers remain in hospital. Staff at Beersheba's Sorocca...

Olmert lashes back at Kadima party chief

People who read this also read ... JERUSALEM, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert accused Kadima party chairwoman Tzipi Livni of political opportunism at his expense Friday. Olmert said Livni was stirring up...

OBAMA Rehires Adviser Who Called for Invasion of Israel

Here is a fun little Item from the Jerusalem Post: State Departmentofficials said Friday that Samantha Power is among foreign policy experts the president-elect's office selected to help the incoming administration prepare for...

Israel's Settlement on Capital Hill

By Robert Weitzel"With [traditional Israeli defense strategists] it's all about tanks and land and controlling territories... and this hilltop and that hilltop. All these things are worthless." - Incumbent Israeli Prime...