KIBBUTZ GIVIM, ISRAEL - DECEMBER 9: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (C) and Deputy Defence Minister Matan Vilnai (R) stand in front of a kindergarten protected by a reinforced anti-rocket roof December 9, 2008 in Kibbutz Givim in southern Israel. Olmert and Vilnai visited the kibbutz and the nearby town of Sderot to see first hand the reinforced rooms and structures Israel is building to protect the civilian population against Palestinian Qassam rocket attacks from the nearby Gaza Strip. Getty Images logo Getty Images 12 months ago

KIBBUTZ GIVIM, ISRAEL - DECEMBER 9: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (C) and Deputy Defence Minister Matan Vilnai (R) stand in front of a kindergarten protected by a reinforced anti-rocket roof December 9, 2008 in Kibbutz Givim in southern Israel. Olmert and Vilnai visited the kibbutz and the nearby town of Sderot to see first hand the reinforced rooms and structures Israel is building to protect the civilian population against Palestinian Qassam rocket attacks from the nearby Gaza Strip.

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  6. Gladys Tiffany, left, and Aaron Thomas hold signs outside a building at the University of Arkansas campus where the former prime minister of Israel Ehud Olmert was speaking on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009, in Fayetteville, Ark. Olmert was speaking as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series.
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  8. Security guards forcibly remove a protestor after they interrupted Ehud Olmert's, former Prime Minister of Israel, lecture about the challenges of the Middle East and Israel-Palestinian peace process during a World Affairs Council event at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, Thursday Oct. 22, 2009. Over 20 protestors were removed from the lecture.
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  10. Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, center, watches the charity basketball game between the New York Knicks and Maccabi Tel Aviv Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009 in New York.

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