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January 2008
- Bush to Israel: NIE Was Wrong
  
  Newsweek | Jan 15, 08 3:15 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - President Bush is privately assuring Israel’s leaders that he doesn’t believe the National Intelligence Estimate's conclusion that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003. In disavowing December's NIE, Bush said the “conclusions don't reflect his own views,” a US official told Newsweek . The private pledge may help quell calls in Israel’s defense community for military strikes. More »
- Mideast Talks Tackle 'Core Issues'
  
  Associated Press | Jan 14, 08 10:45 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Talks opened today between high-level Israeli and Palestinian negotiators as leaders on both sides faced intensifying criticism from within their own camps. Israeli PM Ehud Olmert was threatened with the withdrawal of two political parties from his governing coalition if sensitive subjects such as a divided Jerusalem are broached, and Hamas called on Mahmoud Abbas to "stop giving away Palestinian blood and rights for free." More »
- Bush Honors Holocaust Victims
  
  Reuters | Jan 11, 08 9:06 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A yarmulke-wearing George Bush early today visited Israeli Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem, which he called "a sobering reminder that evil exists." Bush, accompanied by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and President Shimon Peres, rekindled the eternal flame and laid a wreath next to the names of victims of the death camps. Bush later visited the hilltop where the Bible says Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount and intoned: "Blessed are the peacemakers." More »
- Bush Calls for End to Israeli 'Occupation'
  
  CNN | Jan 10, 08 11:35 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - In a historic visit to the West Bank, President Bush today called on Israel to “end the occupation that began in 1967,” to make way for a Palestinian state. He also said that state would have to be contiguous. “Swiss cheese isn’t going to work,” he said. He called for "new international mechanisms, including compensation, to resolve the refugee issue," acknowledging that “painful” concessions are required to make peace. More »
- Bush in Israel on Peace Mission
  
  Haaretz (Israel) | 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 a threat by one of Olmert's coalition partners to quit the government and topple the PM. More »
- Bush Visit Gives Mideast Talks a Nudge
  
  Reuters | Jan 8, 08 4:30 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas today authorized negotiations on the most contentious issues in the way of Israeli-Palestinian peace, Reuters reports. The move comes a day before President Bush's visit to the region begins. The two leaders approved talks on so-called final-status issues such as state borders, the future of Jerusalem, and the fate of Palestinian refugees. More »
- Olmert: Divided Jerusalem Is Inevitable
  
  Jerusalem Post (Israel) | Jan 2, 08 6:22 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Israelis must accept that Jerusalem will probably be divided if and when a Palestinian state is established, Israeli PM Ehud Olmert said in a New Year's interview, charging that his political rivals have not "internalized" that reality, and their reluctance threatens the future of Israel. "The world that is friendly to Israel, when it speaks of the future, it speaks of Israel in terms of the '67 borders. It speaks of the division of Jerusalem," he told the Jerusalem Post. More »
December 2007
- Olmert, Abbas to Meet to Salvage Talks
  
  Haaretz (Israel) | Dec 26, 07 9:30 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas will meet tomorrow in hopes of resolving the settlement crisis that is threatening to derail the Annapolis peace process. Haaretz reports that the Israeli PM and the Palestinian leader will discuss a contested tender by the Israeli housing ministry for 307 homes to be constructed in Har Homa, a southeast Jerusalem neighborhood beyond the Green Line, the pre-Six Day War border. More »
- Israel Plans to Expand Settlements
  
  New York Times | Dec 23, 07 9:28 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The road to Arab-Israeli peace could take yet another detour, the New York Times says, after Israel announced plans today to seek funding for the expansion of two Jewish settlements in areas Palestinians hope to claim for a future state. The two sides are expected to meet tomorrow, but Palestine’s chief negotiator warned the talks would have “no meaning” if Israel moves forward with its plans. More »
- US to Privately Grade Mideast Peace Plan
  
  Reuters | Dec 23, 07 4:02 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Washington will secretly score Israeli and Palestinian adherence to the "road map" peace plan and hash out results with each side, Reuters reports. US diplomats plan to report to the White House on Israeli settlement growth and Palestinian vows to curb militants, two keys to the peace deal—but critics question the value of such secret oversight. More »
November 2007
- Olmert Releases 441 Palestinian Prisoners
  
  Reuters | Nov 19, 07 9:23 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Ehud Olmert today requested the release of 441 Palestinian prisoners and promised to stop building new settlements on the West Bank, in the hope of bolstering Arab enthusiasm for upcoming talks on Palestinian statehood. But the gesture was received coolly: Mahmoud Abbas had asked for 2,000 prisoners, and the West Bank offer, which did not cover expansion of existing settlements, showed no new concessions, Reuters reports. More »
- Cops Raid Gov't Offices in Olmert Fraud Inquiry
  
  Reuters | Nov 11, 07 10:05 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Israeli police confiscated documents from 20 sites today as part of a probe into fraud allegations against PM Ehud Olmert, reports Reuters. Some 100 department of fraud officers stormed the trade and industry ministry, the Jewish National Fund, and private law offices, among others. Olmert is accused of securing an illegal discount on a luxury home he purchased in Jerusalem. More »
- Abbas: Palestinian State Possible by 2009
  
  Washington Post | Nov 5, 07 9:50 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The Palestinians and the Israelis can broker peace before George Bush leaves office in January 2009, Mahmoud Abbas said today in a press conference with Condoleezza Rice. The Palestinian president parroted a statement last night by Israeli PM Ehud Olmert. Putting the leaders on the same page is an achievement in itself, says the Washington Post , but both are politically weak. More »
October 2007
- Israel Foils Plot to Kill Olmert
  
  AFP | Oct 22, 07 3:39 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Israel thwarted a plot by Fatah militants to attack a convoy carrying Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to the West Bank town of Jericho in August, AFP reports. Plotters reportedly included members of an elite group directly under the command of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Three men were arrested by Palestinian police and later released. More »
August 2007
- Israel Rejects Refugees from Darfur Region
  
  Associated Press | Aug 19, 07 4:37 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Israel has turned back 48 Africans to Egypt and says it will no longer accept Darfur refugees who illegally enter the country, the AP reports. Some of the 50 migrants a day who have already snuck into the country will be allowed to stay, Israel says, but all others will be returned to Africa even if they face poverty or death. Critics are prompting questions over the Jewish state’s moral obligation toward targets of genocide. More »
- Israelis Eye Building Islands
  
  Jerusalem Post (Israel) | Aug 17, 07 4:02 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Israelis want to build artificial islands in the Mediterranean, off the coast of Tel Aviv, and put an international airport on one of them. It's been talked about, on and off, for more than a decade; the project has finally been deemed feasable by a planning committee. The panel’s chair said the island chain is needed to support Israeli’s surging economy. More »
June 2007
- Israel to Release 250 Fatah Prisoners
  
  Washington Post | Jun 25, 07 4:58 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Israel plans to free 250 Fatah members as part of an international push to shore up Palestinian Preside