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NEWS ABOUT: Kadima

Kadima stories: 27 news summaries

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'Holocaust' Strikes Will Intensify,
Warns Israel

PM invokes phrase
to threaten Hamas

Feb 29, 08 7:49 AM CST
(Newser) - As Israeli air strikes continued to hit Gaza targets overnight, a top Israel official warned that If Hamas continues to fire rockets at Israel, they "will bring upon themselves a bigger holocaust because we will use all our might to defend ourselves." The rare use of the word... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • rocket attacks • Kadima • Likud • Palestinians • IDF • Arab Israeli conflict • airstrike • Matan Vilnai

War Report May Sink Olmert

Foreign minister defies him ahead of Lebanon war conclusions

Jan 27, 08 11:28 AM CST
(Newser) - In three days, Israel's Winograd Committee will release its long-awaited findings on the abortive 2006 war with Lebanon, and the expected drubbing will increase calls for PM Ehud Olmert to resign, Haaretz reports. Foreign minister Tzipi Livni is meeting today with families of fallen soldiers who are calling for Olmert's... More »

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Israel • Lebanon • Ehud Olmert • Winograd Report • Tzipi Livni • Kadima

Bush in Israel on Peace Mission

President hopes to accelerate talks, but Olmert's position is fragile

Jan 9, 08 6:32 AM CST
(Newser) - George W. Bush has arrived in Tel Aviv for his first presidential visit to Israel, where he hopes to boost momentum on the peace talks launched in Annapolis. Haaretz reports that both President Shimon Peres and PM Ehud Olmert met the president at the airport. Overshadowing the visit, though, is... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Palestine • Shimon Peres • Israel and Palestinians • Kadima • Avigdor Lieberman • George W. Bush

Israelis Rally for Olmert Ouster

May 4, 07 7:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - A massive demonstration in Tel Aviv yesterday amplified the cry for Israel's PM Ehud Olmert to resign. Tens of thousands of Israelis packed into Rabin Square to denounce Olmert's handling of last year's Lebanon War, in the wake of the highly critical Winograd Commission report. Polls are showing three quarters... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Lebanon War • Tzipi Livni • Kadima • rally • Winograd

Deputy PM Wants Olmert Out

May 3, 07 7:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israel's foreign minister has called on Ehud Olmert to resign, the highest ranking Kadima party official to call for his ouster. Tzipi Livni, who also serves as deputy prime minister, says she's prepared to stand to replace Olmert in the wake of the damning Winograd report. But the majority of... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Winograd Report • Tzipi Livni • Knesset • Kadima

Report on Lebanon War Slams Olmert

Israeli cabinet member resigns, urges embattled PM to follow

May 1, 07 7:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israel’s investigation into last summer’s bungled war in Lebanon has produced a firestorm of  criticism directed at Ehud Olmert, who is now fighting for his political survival. The Winograd Commission’s initial report accused the prime minister of “supreme and comprehensive personal responsibility” for the war’s... More »

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Israel • Middle East • Lebanon • Ehud Olmert • Lebanon War • Winograd Report • Kadima • Winograd • Eitan Cabel

Olmert Braces For Possible Summer Ouster

Report critical of Lebanon war may
doom Israeli PM

Apr 30, 07 7:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ehud Olmert may be forced out of office to avoid dragging the Kadima party down with him, Haaretz reports. Quoting a senior party official, the newspaper says the Israeli Prime Minister may resign this summer as part of the fallout from a government report on the run-up to and conduct... More »

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Israel • Middle East • Lebanon • Ehud Olmert • Lebanon War • Hezbollah • war • Kadima

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