Israel should quit all occupied land: OlmertIsrael should withdraw from nearly all territory captured in the 1967 Middle East war in return for peace with the Palestinians and Syria, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was quoted on Monday as telling a newspaper. Olmert, in a caretaker role More… |
Olmert must face criminal charges say policeIsraeli police said they wanted Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to face criminal charges in a corruption scandal. Issuing a non-binding recommendation, police said they had evidence showing that Olmert illegally received money from a US busines More… |
Olmert, Abbas set to meetIsraeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet in Jerusalem on Wednesday, a week after Olmert threw US-sponsored peace talks into limbo by announcing that he would step down. The negotiations, launched More… |
Peace deal closer than ever says OlmertIsrael and the Palestinians have never been as close to peace as they are now, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday during a French-hosted regional conference. "It seems to me that we have never been as close to the possibilit More… |
Olmert talks tough on Iran's N-programIsraeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Tuesday Iran's nuclear program must be stopped by "all possible means" and Tehran must be made to see it would suffer devastating repercussions if it pursued atomic weapons. The Israeli leader, un More… |
Iran building N-arms says OlmertIsraeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Tuesday he was certain that Iran is engaged in a secret operation to build nuclear weapons. "We are of the view that the Iranians are continuing to pursue their plans to create a capacity for non- More… |
Olmert to free prisoners, pre-talks boost for AbbasIsraeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert sought wide Arab support on Monday for a US-led peace conference by agreeing to release 441 Palestinian prisoners and reaffirming a pledge not to build new Jewish settlements. But Olmert, speaking before More… |
Olmert, Abbas try to narrow statehood differencesIsraeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met on Monday to see if they can narrow differences over Palestinian statehood ahead of a US-sponsored conference in November. Israeli and Palestinian officials sai More… |