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Essentially, it comes down to this: In 1998, Newt Gingrich, then speaker of the U.S. House of representatives, visited Jerusalem. Ehud Olmert, then the city's mayor, wanted Gingrich to break ground on at the site Israel has designated for the U.S. embass
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Addressing the Brookings Institution on December 2, 2011, U. S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta rebuked Israel for not doing enough to promote peace with the Palestinians, demanding that Israel's leaders "just get to the damned [peace] table." But the
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Controversy has been stirring over a tweet that Jodi Rudoren, the incoming New York Times bureau chief in Jerusalem, sent to anti-Israel activist Ali Abunimah this week: As Jeffrey Goldberg of the Atlantic notes, Abunimah “is a player in extremist circle
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Washington, DC - President Barack Obama has finally begun in recent months to signal to Israel that the United States would not get involved in a war started by Binyamin Netanyahu without US approval. If it is pursued firmly and consistently through 2012
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Hundreds of Israelis protesting against the country's soaring cost of living in front of the Knesset in Jerusalem, Aug. 2, 2011. (Yossi Zamir / FLASH90) JERUSALEM (JTA) – “It’s the economy stupid” was how American political strategist James Carville once
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Washington, DC - President Barack Obama has finally begun in recent months to signal to Israel that the United States would not get involved in a war started by Binyamin Netanyahu without US approval. If it is pursued firmly and consistently through 2012
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Washington, DC - President Barack Obama has finally begun in recent months to signal to Israel that the United States would not get involved in a war started by Binyamin Netanyahu without US approval. If it is pursued firmly and consistently through 2012
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(02-13) 02:16 PST JERUSALEM, Israel (AP) -- A spokesman for ex-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says a Tel Aviv court will hold its first hearing into a wide-ranging real estate scandal involving the former leader. Olmert's spokesman Amir Dan says the
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The Holyland trial is set to open Monday afternoon in the Tel Aviv District Court with an arraignment hearing, as Judge David Rosen is scheduled to formally read the criminal charges against 16 defendants, among them former prime minister Ehud Olmert. Du
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With violent political winds battering their Arab neighbors, Israelis have watched with a mixture of nervousness and hope, wondering what the changes will mean for them. Will the end of dictatorships mean a better chance for peace and good relations, or
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On Monday afternoon, the Palestinians destroyed officially whatever was left of the concept of a peace process with Israel. When PA Chairman and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas signed a deal with Hamas terror-master Khaled Mashaal in Doha, Qatar, the notion t
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As we stride into 2012, there are far more questions than answers on the news that this year might yield. Will the international community stop Iran’s nuclear program? Last year’s Arab Spring may have unleashed a new democratic spirit in the Middle East,
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Former US congressman Robert Wexler is a man worth listening to. Wexler served as then-senator Barack Obama’s chief booster in the American Jewish community during the 2008 presidential campaign. He appeared everywhere and said anything to convince the A
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Las Vegas Sands Chief Executive Officer Sheldon Adelson speaks during a media briefing in Singapore December 21, 2009. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash If a Jew-hater somewhere, inspired perhaps by The Protocols of the Elders of Zion , sought to invent an individua
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If Washington feels a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians is possible in the near future it will become actively involved in securing an agreement even during an election year, former ambassador to the US Sallai Meridor said Tuesday. Senior Is
About Ehud Olmert
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Ehud Olmert (Hebrew: אהוד אולמרט (audio) (help·info), IPA: [ɛˈhud ˈolmeʁt], born 30 September 1945) is the 12th and current Prime Minister of Israel. Olmert was the mayor of Jerusalem from 1993 to 2003. In 2003 he was elected to the Knesset and became a minister and an Acting Prime Minister in the government of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. On 4... Full Article
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MAY 31: Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert arrives for the beginning of his corruption trail at the Jerusalem District Court on May 31, 2011 in Jerusalem, Israel. Olmert took the stand as the first witness, opening the defense phase of the trial.
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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) sits next to former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert during the funeral of Israeli Knesset member Ze'ev Boim's, in the town of Binyamina March 21, 2011. Boim, a member of the Israeli Knesset (the Israeli parliament) since 1996, served as Minister...
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Lebanese civilians watch an Israeli aircraft (not in the picture) bombing Beirut at sunset 14 July 2006. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert gave today the green light to further raids in Lebanon, as officials vowed to repel a hail of deadly Hezbollah rocket attacks, public radio reported.
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An Israeli police officer runs along a road that was hit by a Katyusha-style rocket fired by Hezbollah from southern Lebanon into the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, 23 July 2006. Today more rockets slammed into northern Israel bringing the toll of Israelis killed to 35, 17...
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert prepares papers as he addresses mayors gathered from across northern Israel in the Mediterranean port city of Haifa 28 August 2006. Olmert admitted today to 'failures' during the Jewish state's month-long offensive on Hezbollah in Lebanon.'It is true...
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