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NEWS ABOUT: Ehud Olmert

Ehud Olmert stories: 137 news summaries

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 Israelis Mass 
 at Gaza Border 
 After Fresh Strikes 

Gaza death toll hits 300

Dec 29, 08 3:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Israeli troops massed at the border today as Gaza's death toll hit at least 300 following fresh Israeli air strikes overnight. Bombs decimated a mosque and family home—reportedly killing 5 children—as well as a university Israeli officials said contained explosives labs that aid Hamas' insurgency, CNN reports. Israeli... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Palestine • Hamas • death toll • soldier • airstrike • UN Security Council

 Israel Readies Gaza Strike 

Attack planned on Hamas stronghold

Dec 26, 08 4:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Israel is preparing a short, intense air and ground assault on militant positions in Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, Haaretz reports. The Israeli cabinet has given the green light for an operation in retaliation for recent rocket attacks on civilian targets within Israel. Officials will meet again Sunday before any incursion, according... More »

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Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Hamas • rocket attacks • Jerusalem • Palestinians • IDF • Gabi Ashkenazi • Ashkelon

 Olmert 
 Will Face 
 Corruption 
 Charges 

PM double-billed travel, police allege

Nov 26, 08 1:26 PM CST
(Newser) - Outgoing PM Ehud Olmert will be charged with fraud, abuse of confidence, and falsification of documents, Israel’s attorney general said today, a move that could force Olmert to leave office sooner than his intended February departure, the Times reports. The scandal—involving Olmert’s political appointments, travel expenses, and... More »

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Israel • politics • Ehud Olmert • corruption • prime minister • corruption charges

Bush Won't See Mideast Deal During Term

In region, Rice aims to keep process on track for Obama's team

Nov 6, 08 4:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Israel and the Palestinians won’t likely reach a peace agreement by the 2009 deadline set at the Annapolis negotiations a year ago, the White House said today. The Bush administration began to question the feasibility of the deadline when a corruption scandal ousted PM Ehud Olmert and set the... More »

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Bush administration • Israel • Middle East • Ehud Olmert • White House • Condoleezza Rice • Arab Israeli conflict • Mideast • peace deal • President Obama

 Olmert: Israel Must 
 Leave West Bank 

Nation must relinquish land for lasting peace, says exiting PM

Sep 29, 08 7:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Israel must give up nearly all the land it seized in 1967 to forge peace with the Palestinians, said outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. The nation must relinquish most of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights—or compensate the Palestinians and Syrians with Israeli territory, said... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • West Bank • Israel and Palestinians • Palestinians • Golan Heights • East Jerusalem

Radical Settlers Fight Palestine —and Israel

Bomb attack against professor shows new right-wing militancy

Sep 26, 08 10:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - A pipe bomb exploded Wednesday night outside the Jerusalem home of a dovish Israeli professor—where authorities also found fliers promising a $300,000 reward to anyone who killed members of a leftist advocacy group. The attack is the latest sign that right-wing settlers are resorting to extremist tactics to... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Palestine • West Bank • Israel and Palestinians • settlers

 Bush Blocked
Israel Attack on Iran

Prez refused plea to back bombing of nuke facilities


Sep 26, 08 3:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israel asked Washington for a green light to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities but was told no, reports the Guardian. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert made the request in a private meeting with President Bush in May, but Bush feared air strikes over several days would lead to full-scale war and terrorist... More »

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Iran • Israel • Ehud Olmert • Hezbollah • Tzipi Livni • nuclear program • airstrike • George W. Bush • bunker busting bombs

Olmert Announces Resignation

He may remain as 'caretaker' PM for weeks or months

Sep 21, 08 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scandal-plagued Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced today that he will step down. "This was not an easy decision," he said. Olmert, who faces criminal corruption charges, must now submit his resignation to President Shimon Peres, but he may remain as a caretaker prime minister for weeks or... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Tzipi Livni • Olmert • corruption charges

ANALYSIS

 Israel's 
 'Mrs Clean' 
 Has Quite a 
 Mess to Tackle 

But Livni faces uphill climb if she becomes prime minister

Sep 18, 08 8:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - When she cast her ballot yesterday, Tzipi Livni took a page from Barack Obama and told the Israeli media that party members should "bring about change by voting for what you believe in." Now, writes an analyst in the Jerusalem Post, Israel's prime minister-designate has a tough job:... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Tzipi Livni • Knesset • Kadima • coalition

Livni Claims
Win in Race to Succeed Olmert

She would be Israel's first female PM since Golda Meir

Sep 17, 08 5:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tzipi Livni declared victory today in her party's primary and is on track to become Israel's first female prime minister in more than 30 years, Reuters reports. Livini, currently the foreign minister, comfortably won the Kadima Party election to decide who will replace scandal-plagued Ehud Olmert. Final results aren't yet... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Kadima Party • Tzipi Livni

 Livni Poised to Be Israeli PM 

Leads in polls to take over from Olmert

Sep 17, 08 3:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The main party in Israel's coalition government is poised today to choose 50-year-old foreign minister Tzipi Livni as Kadima party leader and new prime minister. She'll have a matter of weeks to construct a new coalition government or risk an election defeat by the right-wing Likud party, reports the New ... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Kadima Party • Tzipi Livni • Israel and Palestinians • prime minister • coalition government • Likud Party • Shaul Mofaz

GLOSSIES

 The Long Island 
 Rabbi Who 
 Toppled  Olmert 

Close friend or just another donor, Talansky was key player in Israeli PM's downfall

Sep 15, 08 5:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Morris Talansky counted Ehud Olmet as a true friend, and he says his devotion was returned. The nature of the longstanding relationship between the Long Island rabbi and the Israeli prime minister varies according to who’s describing it, Steve Fishman writes in New York. But what everyone agrees on... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • campaign contributions • corruption charges • Morris Talansky • rabbi

 'Indict Olmert,' Israeli Cops Urge

Resignation expected soon

Sep 8, 08 3:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israeli police are recommending that embattled Prime Minister Ehud Olmert be indicted for bribery, money laundering and fraud, reports the Guardian. The final decision on what action to take after the 18-month investigation rests with the nation's attorney general. Olmert has already indicated he will resign within days.  ... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Tzipi Livni • bribery • Moshe Katsav • Kadima • money laundering • Avigdor Lieberman • Omri Sharon • police investigation • Likud Party • Soldiers' Welfare Fund • Uri Messer • Menachem Mazuz • Beiteinu

 Israel Releases 198 Palestinians

Freed prisoners intended to shore up Fatah PM Abbas; some in Israel fuming

Aug 25, 08 9:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israel today released 198 Palestinian prisoners in an effort to bolster Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas, the AFP reports. The release, on the eve of a visit by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, included two prisoners held since the late 1970s who were convicted of murdering Israelis. One of them,... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • Israeli prisoner release • peace talks

Olmert Proposes New West Bank, Gaza Borders

Abbas rejects plan, which doesn't include contiguous Palestine

Aug 12, 08 11:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ehud Olmert has presented Mahmoud Abbas with a plan to withdraw from most of the West Bank and all of the Gaza Strip once the Palestinian Authority retakes Gaza from Hamas. The centerpiece of the proposal is a new permanent border that would keep 7% of the West Bank in... More »

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Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • West Bank • Israel and Palestinians • border dispute • Palestinian statehood

Olmert Move Clouds Future
of Peace Deal

Bush efforts to broker Israel-Palestine accord may be dead

Aug 1, 08 7:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - State Department officials are putting on a brave face in the wake of Ehud Olmert's resignation announcement, saying that the departure of Israel's PM will not forestall a peace agreement. But as the New York Times reports, most Middle East observers believe that Olmert's move signals the end of the... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Condoleezza Rice • Israel and Palestinians • Mideast peace talks • peace deal

Israelis: Olmert Successor Is Unlikely to Forge Coalition

Netanyahu calls for snap elections

Jul 31, 08 10:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Benjamin Netanyahu has called for a snap election after Ehud Olmert's sudden announcement that he will resign as Israel's PM. Riding high in the polls, the head of Likud said that "it doesn't matter who heads Kadima. They are all partners in this government's total failure." The call... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Tzipi Livni • Benjamin Netanyahu • Knesset • Kadima

ANALYSIS

 Who Will
 Replace Olmert?

Who is likely to succeed Ehud as Kadima's leader?

Jul 30, 08 3:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Who will succeed Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert when he resigns in 2 months? Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, known as "Mrs. Clean," is a top candidate and would likely engage Palestine in peace talks, Ian Black writes in the Guardian. Challenging her will be hawkish Shaul Mofaz, a... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Tzipi Livni • Israel and Palestinians • Kadima • Shaul Mofaz

 Israeli PM to
 Step Down
 in 2 Months

Olmert's move may threaten peace effort, national stability

Jul 30, 08 1:02 PM CDT
(AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced today he will resign in September, throwing his country into political turmoil and raising doubts about progress for US-backed Mideast peace efforts. Olmert's brief address included harsh criticism of police investigations of corruption allegations against him. He said he was choosing the public good... More »

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Israel • Middle East • investigation • politics • Ehud Olmert

In Blow to Bush, Olmert Rules Out Deal in 2008

Israeli PM calls timeline for Palestinian pact 'unrealistic'

Jul 28, 08 4:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ehud Olmert said today it is "unrealistic" to expect a comprehensive Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement by the end of the year. The Israeli PM and Palestian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas pledged last year to make a deal by the end of 2008, and their inability to do so is a... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Jerusalem • Israel and Palestinians • East Jerusalem • Palestinian statehood

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