All Journal Posts Tagged 'olmert' (30)

Ex-PM Olmert indicted in three corruption cases

An indictment against former prime minister Ehud Olmert was served at the Jerusalem District Court on Sunday afternoon in three out of the four corruption-related cases standing against him: 'Rishon Tours', 'Talansky' and the 'Investment Center'. The indictment includes severe ch… Continue

Added by Israel Insider on August 30, 2009 at 11:30pm — 1 Comment

Olmert slams Obama obsession with settlements as "mistake"

Former prime minister Ehud Olmert rejected the obsessive US focus on Jewish home-building in Judea, saying that Americans must return their attention to negotiations that contribute to peace. In an Op-Ed titled 'How to Achieve Lasting Peace' published in the Washington Post on Friday, Olmert said that "the issue of settlement construction commands the agenda between the United States and Israel." Calling the emphasis on settlements "a mistake," he warned that not only doe… Continue

Added by Israel Insider on July 17, 2009 at 9:00pm — 4 Comments

Outgoing Olmert brags about IDF reach, hinting at Sudan op

In one of his last speeches as Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert boasted of the long arm of the Israel Defense Forces, all but confirming news reports of Israeli air strikes on Iran-sourced weapons convoys in Sudan during Operation Cast Lead in January. Sudani and US sources also confirmed the strikes, which were first reported by CBS. "We operate everywhere where we can hit terror infrastructure - in close places, in places further away, everywhere where we can hit terror infra… Continue

Added by Israel Insider on March 27, 2009 at 12:00pm — 3 Comments

Mega-terror attack meant to collapse Haifa mall fizzles

The car bomb that prematurely and only partially detonated could have collapsed the entire three-story shopping mall above it. The white Subaru, parked in the Lev Hamifratz Cinemall parking lot, reportedly contained enough explosives - The Jerusalem Post reported 100 kilograms (220 pounds) to bring down the entire mall. Parked near a number of supporting columns holding up part of the mall, the trunk contained explosives packed into several bombs, mixed with metal ball bea… Continue

Added by Israel Insider on March 22, 2009 at 6:00pm — 5 Comments

Why the prisoner swap never happened, and won't, anytime soon

Israel Insider Staff The failure of the Hamas ultimatum for the mass release of more than 1400 terrorists was assured from the start, however much Israel and Israelis desired to achieve the release of kidnapped soldier Col. Gilad Shalit. Among the terrorists on the Hamas must-free list were mass murders responsible for killing hundreds of Israelis in the nation's most terrorious bombing and shooting attacks, a list of carnage that brings chills to anyone present in… Continue

Added by Israel Insider on March 20, 2009 at 1:30pm — 10 Comments

Attorney-General: indict Olmert in cash-stuffed envelope affair

Attorney-General Menahem Mazuz announced Sunday evening that, after a final review of the so-called "cash envelopes" affair, he intends to indict Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for corruption-related offenses. The announcement was a formality that allows Olmert the option of a hearing with Mazuz before the attorney-general makes a final decision. Justice Ministry officials said the indictments could include charges of fraud, bribery, violation of public trust and receiving goods f

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Added by Israel Insider on March 2, 2009 at 1:00am — 3 Comments

Israel declares unilateral ceasefire, but IDF holds positions in Gaza for now

The Israeli cabinet, by a vote of 14-2 with 2 abstentions, approved a unilaterial ceasefire to the fighting in Gaza on the 22nd day of the operation Cast Lead. Beginning at 2:00 a.m. (18 Jan), Israel will cease its actions against the terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip and will remain deployed in the Gaza Strip and its environs.

Following is the speech delivered by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert:

Citizens of Israel, Exactly three weeks ago as the Sabbath ended, we sat he

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Added by Israel Insider on January 18, 2009 at 1:30am — 19 Comments

Olmert, Barak squabbling and sniping over potential ceasefire

Senior officials close to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert have been expressing barely veiled criticism at Defense Minister Ehud Barak for backing Egypt's truce efforts. Olmert believes Barak is aiding and abetting the enemy. "Hamas senior officials see these images and hear these voices and draw encouragement from the notion that Israel is looking for a way out. We regret the irresponsibility of ministers leaking information regarding their own private initiatives - as high ranking

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Added by Israel Insider on January 14, 2009 at 8:30pm — 5 Comments

Payback: Olmert embarrasses Condi, boasting he made Bush change her vote

In a rare public rebuke of a senior US diplomat, outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert boasted Monday that he had prompted President Bush to instruct Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to abstain from a United Nations resolution on Gaza she had helped draft.

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Added by Israel Insider on January 13, 2009 at 9:30pm — 7 Comments

Olmert claims Israel close to reaching goals in Gaza

Caretaker Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday that the IDF was nearing the objectives it set for Operation Cast Lead. Speaking at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting, Olmert warned that what had been achieved thus far in an "unprecedented effort" must not be lost at the last moment.

Olmert also rejected the mounting international criticism of the operation. "No country in the world, even those preaching morals to us, would have shown the tolerance and restrain

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Added by Israel Insider on January 11, 2009 at 12:30pm — 5 Comments

With Hamas firing more rockets, Israel rebuffs UN ceasefire as unworkable

Hamas rejected UN Security Resolution 1860, calling for an immediate ceasefire, and fire more than 30 rockets into Israel before 1pm Friday, and then continued firing during the three hour "humanitarian corridor."

Rockets hit Beersheva, Ashkelon, Sderot and other places in Israel's south. While the rockets caused no significant damage, they gave the Israeli government visible justification for saying that the diplomatic demand was unworkable.

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Added by Israel Insider on January 9, 2009 at 6:26pm — No Comments

Analysis: A brilliant opening, but what's the endgame?

From a military standpoint it was a superb opening salvo, clearly taking Hamas by surprise and inflicting punishing damage. Two waves of attacks from the air and the sea, with more than 150 sorties and 100 targets in an hour, smashed the Islamic terror group's above-ground security infrastructure.

230 Gazans have been killed, 15 of them civilians, according to Palestinian sources. Despite the regrettable loss of innocent life, that ratio testifies to exceptionally sha

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Added by Israel Insider on December 28, 2008 at 11:30am — 15 Comments

Palestinians dissed Olmert bid to give up 93% of West Bank

Palestinian Authority chief negotiator Ahmed Qureia tells reporters that Prime Minister Olmert proposed that Israel take in 5,000 Palestinian refugees over five years, and agreed to give up more than 93% of Judea and Samaria (the "West Bank") as well as land from within sovereign Israel to compensate for the 6.8% of the West Bank that Israel wants to annex.

Qureia says both offers were unacceptable to the Palestinians. He said, in remarks to reporters, that Israel ne

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Added by Israel Insider on December 12, 2008 at 11:30pm — 11 Comments

Livni to Olmert: Time to Go.

A week after an announcement by the Attorney General of his intention to seek an indictment against the Prime Minister prompted the Kadima faction to unanimously urge Ehud Olmert to suspend himself, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni repeated her call M

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Added by Israel Insider on December 1, 2008 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Bush to Olmert: Why give Syria the Golan for nothing?

U.S. President George Bush believes that Israel is offering Syria the Golan Heights without getting anything in exchange, according to sources briefed on his White House meeting with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert last week. After Olmert updated Bush on Israel's indirect talks with S… Continue

Added by Israel Insider on November 30, 2008 at 11:30am — 5 Comments

Olmert "can't recall" if US warned Israel not to strike Iran

Despite reports that Bush Administration officials had told him in no uncertain terms that Israel should not act against Iran in the coming months, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday that United States officials had not advised Israel to refrain from taking action

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Added by Israel Insider on November 26, 2008 at 1:21am — 5 Comments

Did Israeli Justice just go up in Smoke?

If the servers containing some of the most sensitive criminal investigation files in Israel are burned to a crisp, and (almost) nobody reports it, did they really burn?

Unfortunately for Israel, the answer is yes. On the 10th of November, the server far

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Added by Israel Insider on November 24, 2008 at 8:00pm — 3 Comments

Remembering Rabin's Roadmap

“Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.” - Tolstoy Israel’s current President - Shimon Peres - and Prime Minister - Ehud Olmert - have used the 13th anniversary of the assassination of former Israeli Prime Minister - Yitzchak Rabin - to misrepresent the pursuit of their own failed and discredited political agendas as being somehow aligned with - and a continuation of - Mr Rabin’s vision. Nothing could be further from the… Continue

Added by david singer on November 12, 2008 at 2:02am — No Comments

Rice concedes there will be no Mideast deal in 2008

Despite her repeated visits to the region -- the current one likely to be the last -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice finally admits that the Israelis and Palestinians will be signing any agreement before the end of the year, despite solemn promises at last year

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Added by Israel Insider on November 7, 2008 at 4:00pm — 5 Comments

As Knesset opens session, Peres announces new elections

President Shimon Peres declared Israel's early elections hours before the Knesset winter session opened Monday afternoon, signifying the imminent dissolution of the parliamentary body. He informed Knesset speaker Dalia Itzik that the country would be holding elections after it became apparent that no Knesset faction could form a coalition. The new elections are expected to be held between January 27 and February 17, 2009. February 10th is considered a likely date. The Knesset session may be the… Continue

Added by Israel Insider on October 27, 2008 at 10:30pm — No Comments

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