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NEWS ABOUT: Ehud Olmert

Ehud Olmert stories: 137 news summaries

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Global Leaders Slam Israel's West Bank Expansion Plan

Officials say move would trample peace deals

Jul 25, 08 9:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israeli plans to build a new West Bank settlement—one that was shelved after strenuous objections from the US in 2006—were revived yesterday, sparking an international outcry, the Washington Post reports. “They're burying the Annapolis process,” said a Palestinian negotiator, referring to agreements made at the Bush-led... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Palestine • West Bank • expansion • Annapolis summit • Arab Israeli conflict • road map • Palestinian statehood

 Obama Visits
 Sderot, Meets Olmert, Abbas 

Candidate's Israel visit continues in meetings with Abbas, Olmert

Jul 23, 08 12:45 PM CDT
(AP) - Barack Obama waded into the thicket of Mideast politics today, siting down with Israeli and Palestinian leaders and visiting Sderot, an Israeli city near the Gaza border that's a frequent target of rocket attacks. If Iran were to obtain nuclear weapons, Obama said at a press conference, it would mark... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • nuclear • Election 2008

ANALYSIS

Next, Thicket of Arab-Israeli Conflict Awaits Obama

Dem to meet key Jordanian, Palestinian, Israeli figures; street expects little change

Jul 22, 08 1:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the war leg of his foreign tour behind him, Barack Obama must next navigate the Middle East peace process. He’ll meet with top Israeli and Palestinian leaders tomorrow, the New York Times reports, and will visit the rocket-bombarded town of Sderot. US Jewish voters will be particularly attentive... More »

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Barack Obama • Israel • Middle East • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Jerusalem

 Obama Camp Spills Some 
 Details on Foreign Trip 

Israel, in particular, presents tricky schedule for Democrat

Jul 18, 08 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s team released a few details about their candidate's trip abroad today, but the time frame remains tightly under wraps. Israel in particular presents a maze of meetings for the Democrat, who’ll see not only president Shimon Peres, but scandal-plagued prime minister Ehud Olmert and three potential... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • Israel • John McCain • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Shimon Peres • Brandenburg Gate

 New Mediterranean Union
 Eyes Mideast Peace 

'Gesture of peace' launches new 43-nation group

Jul 14, 08 7:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - The inaugural meeting yesterday of the Union of the Mediterranean, which brought together the 27 EU countries and their neighbors to the south, kicked off discussions about a number of mutual projects. But French President Nicolas Sarkozy used it as an opportunity to flex some diplomatic muscle by bringing Syrian... More »

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Israel • Lebanon • Syria • Ehud Olmert • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Hosni Mubarak • Egypt • Arab Israeli conflict • Union for the Mediterranean • Mahmud Abbas • Bashir al-Assad

 Israel Agrees
 to Hezbollah
 Prisoner Swap 

Notorious killer will be released

Jul 8, 08 3:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israel has signed a prisoner exchange deal with Hezbollah which includes the release of a terrorist who has been in an Israeli prison for 29 years. The release of Samir Qantar, who took part in a terror raid in which a child was murdered, is the most controversial element of... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Hezbollah • Ehud Goldwasser • Samir Qantar • Ron Arad

Israel to Trade Convicts for 2 Soldiers

Hezbollah hails swap as evidence of its growing power

Jun 29, 08 7:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Israeli officials today approved a prisoner swap with Hezbollah to release the bodies of two soldiers whose capture triggered a 2006 war, Reuters reports. In return, Hezbollah secured the freedom of five gunmen, including one of Israel’s “most notorious convicts,” the New York Times says. Israeli... More »

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Israel • Lebanon • Ehud Olmert • Lebanon War • Hezbollah • soldier

Olmert Pact Saves Israeli Parliament

Deal means PM will face leadership challenge this fall

Jun 25, 08 5:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ehud Olmert narrowly averted the collapse of the Israeli government today by pledging that his party would hold a leadership election by late September, Haaretz reports. In exchange, Labor Party withdrew its support for a motion of non-confidence. Olmert is facing investigation in connection with $150,000 he took from... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Knesset • Kadima • Israeli Labor Party

Cop's Suicide Interrupts Sarkozy's Israel Send-Off

Airport incident spurs assassination fears

Jun 24, 08 12:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - An elite Israeli border policeman shot himself in the head today in the middle of a departure ceremony for Nicolas Sarkozy. Security officers, worried about a possible assassination attempt, rushed Sarkozy and wife Carla Bruni onto their plane, while others spirited away Ehud Olmert and Shimon Peres, who were there... More »

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Israel • suicide • Ehud Olmert • Nicolas Sarkozy • Shimon Peres • Carla Bruni

 Israel Invites Lebanon to Talks 

Disputed sliver along border on table; offer follows Rice visit to region

Jun 18, 08 2:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Israel today invited the Lebanese government to direct negotiations, adding that it would be willing to discuss all issues, including a long-disputed area along their border, the New York Times reports. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who visited both nations earlier this week, is attempting to use negotiation over... More »

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Israel • Middle East • Lebanon • Ehud Olmert • Condoleezza Rice • Hezbollah • border dispute

Israel-Hezbollah Swap May
Signal Progress

Exchange could foreshadow more controversial deals

Jun 2, 08 3:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - The weekend swap of a Hezbollah spy for the remains of two kidnapped Israeli soldiers has whipped up speculation about the release of more Lebanese prisoners, the Independent reports. Although Israel denied the return of the remains was negotiated, the German foreign minister has been facilitating talks between the parties,... More »

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Israel • Lebanon • Ehud Olmert • Hezbollah • Hassan Nasrallah • Frank-Walter Steinmeier • Samir Kuntar • Nasim Nisr • Eldad Regev • Ehud Goldwasser • prisoner exchange

Barak Calls for Olmert to Quit

Threatens to leave
gov't coalition; US businessman says he gave PM wads of cash

May 28, 08 6:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israel's defense minister told Ehud Olmert to take a leave of absence or step down while he battles corruption charges, reports the BBC, and threatened to leave the country's governing coalition if he refused. "The prime minister needs to disconnect himself from the day-to-day management of the government,"... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • corruption • Ehud Barak • donation • Morris Talansky

Israel Confirms Peace Talks
With Syria

Olmert ready to give
up Golan; Israelis
may disapprove

May 21, 08 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israel and Syria have been holding secret peace talks, with Turkey as the middleman, the two sides announced today, acknowledging for the first time the long-rumored negotiations. Syria is technically at war with Israel over the Golan Heights, which the Israelis seized in 1967. Israel is ready to give the... More »

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Iran • Israel • Turkey • Syria • Ehud Olmert • Hezbollah • Golan Heights • peace talks

Bush Arrives in Israel
to Press for Peace

Skepticism surrounds his efforts as weakened Olmert faces possible ouster

May 14, 08 7:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush arrived in Israel today to celebrate the Jewish state’s 60th birthday and try again to spur peace talks with Palestine. Ehud Olmert says he and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have reached an understanding on several key points, but Olmert is embroiled in a corruption scandal, and could... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Palestine • Israel and Palestinians • Mideast peace talks • George W. Bush

 I Took Cash,
 No Bribes: Olmert 

Vows to resign if indicted 

May 9, 08 7:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ehud Olmert resisted calls for his resignation today, after admitting on national TV last night that he accepted contributions from a New York businessman—but denying that any of it was a bribe. Olmert, under criminal investigation for allegedly taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from Long Island millionaire Morris... More »

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Israel • Lebanon • Ehud Olmert • campaign finance • bribery • corruption • Knesset • Morris Talansky • Likud Party • criminal investigation

Police Probe of Olmert Plagues Rice Peace Trip

Investigation could trip up peace deal Rice calls 'achievable'

May 5, 08 4:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's talks in Jerusalem yesterday to bolster the Mideast peace process were overshadowed by an intensifying police investigation into activities by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, reports the New York Times. A court gag order is keeping investigation details under wraps, but observers indicate the probe... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Condoleezza Rice • Arab Israeli conflict • peace talks

 Israel Would Leave Golan: Syria 

Israelis willing to trade disputed territory for peace, Damascus told

Apr 23, 08 4:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Israel is willing to return the Golan Heights to Syria in return for peace, Reuters reports. A Syrian minister said in a TV interview that the Israeli message was relayed through Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan, set to visit Syria this weekend. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said last week he... More »

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Israel • Syria • Ehud Olmert • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • Arab Israeli conflict • Golan Heights • Mideast peace

Israel Won't Help Protect Carter

Stonewalling by Olmert's security force 'unprecedented' breach: Secret Service

Apr 14, 08 12:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Israeli leaders won’t meet with Jimmy Carter, and Israeli security won’t help protect him on his trip through the country, Reuters reports. As Israel’s Shin Bet and the Secret Service sparred over whether the Americans asked for help, a source called the security snub “unprecedented.”... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Jimmy Carter • Hamas • Secret Service • Israel and Palestinians • Shin Bet

Israel Pledges to Pull 50
West Bank Roadblocks

Rice hails deal, but Palestine officials are skeptical

Mar 30, 08 7:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pressured by Condoleezza Rice to kickstart flagging peace talks, Israel pledged to remove about 50 roadblocks from the West Bank—the first in a series of “concrete steps” to finalize a deal, Al Jazeera reports. Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad hailed the news despite skepticism from other officials. “... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Condoleezza Rice • Ehud Barak • West Bank • Salam Fayyad • Palestinians • roadblocks • Mideast peace talks

US 'Will Never Pressure Israel' on Security: VP

Hamas calls Cheney 'biased' during Jerusalem visit

Mar 22, 08 7:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US supports recent Israeli strikes on Palestine and "will never pressure Israel to take steps that threaten its security," Dick Cheney said in Jerusalem today. On a trip to spur stalled peace talks, Cheney is meeting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian leaders this weekend. A... More »

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Israel • Dick Cheney • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • West Bank • Salam Fayyad • Fawzi Barhoum

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