Ehud Olmert
Turkey sees positive signs for Israel-Syria talks
Mar 09, 2010 12:13 EST
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Syria has said it is ready to restart peace talks with Israel mediated by Turkey, and there are some positive signals from the Israeli side, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday.
Turkey sees positive signs for Israel: Syria talks
Mar 09, 2010 12:12 EST
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Syria has said it is ready to restart peace talks with Israel mediated by Turkey, and there are some positive signals from the Israeli side, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday.
Arab nations pave way for indirect Mideast talks
Mar 03, 2010 13:10 EST
Approval by Arab nations opens door for Palestinians to enter indirect talks with Israel. Approval by Arab nations opened the door Wednesday for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to enter four months of indirect, American-brokered peace talks with Israel.
Ex-Israel PM Olmert undergoes hernia operation: reports
Feb 27, 2010 15:34 EST
Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert underwent a hernia operation under full anaesthesia but left hospital hours later, media reports said on Saturday.
Corruption trial of Israel ex-PM Olmert resumes
Feb 25, 2010 03:45 EST
Israel's former prime minister Ehud Olmert was back in court on Thursday stressing his innocence at the resumption of his corruption trial.
Turkey offers to resume Israel-Syria mediation
Jan 29, 2010 13:45 EST
LONDON (Reuters) - Turkey is ready to try again to broker a peace agreement between Israel and Syria if both countries agree to resume the stalled initiative, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Friday.
Premier: Israel to keep parts of West Bank forever
Jan 24, 2010 16:33 EST
Netanyahu claims key West Bank settlements as Israeli forever, angering Palestinians. Israel's leader declared his country's permanent claim to parts of the West Bank on Sunday, angering Palestinians again and complicating efforts by President Barack Obama's Mideast envoy ? though the same claim was also made by previous, more moderate premiers.
U.S. says up to Palestinians to revive peace talks
Jan 22, 2010 14:44 EST
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - The United States told Palestinian leaders on Friday they must resume talks with Israel if they want U.S. help to achieve a peace treaty that ends Israeli occupation and creates a Palestinian state.
Palestinians want US to negotiate in its place
Jan 20, 2010 11:53 EST
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has proposed that the Obama administration negotiate the final borders of a Palestinian state with Israel, a Palestinian official said Wednesday, as a U.S. envoy headed to the region for another attempt to restart Mideast peace talks.
Turkey says again Israel Gaza attack hurt peace
Jan 12, 2010 14:18 EST
LONDON (Reuters) - Turkey renewed its criticism on Tuesday of Israel for its 2008 invasion of Gaza, saying it had scuttled a potential peace deal, despite an Israeli warning that Turkey's stance was detrimental to their relations.
US, Arabs press for shift in Mideast peace talks
Jan 08, 2010 22:03 EST
US, Arabs urge quick resumption to peace talks with deadlines, focus on borders, Jerusalem. The Obama administration on Friday laid out a bold shift in its Mideast peace strategy, stepping up pressure on Israel and the Palestinians to resume stalled talks by moving immediately to negotiations on the toughest issues dividing them, like the borders of a Palestinian state and the status of Jerusalem.
Four years on, Sharon's legacy wanes in Israel
Dec 31, 2009 14:05 EST
On Monday, former prime minister Ariel Sharon will have been in a coma for four years. With peace hopes bogged down, Israel today is a far cry from what it was when he suffered a massive stroke.
Egypt encouraged during Israeli PM's visit
Dec 29, 2009 12:11 EST
Egypt encouraged by Israeli PM's proposals, Hamas rejects prisoner swap deal. Israel's prime minister on Tuesday presented Egypt with ideas for restarting Mideast peace talks, impressing his hosts with proposals that go further than past Israeli positions, Egypt's top diplomat said.
Hamas grip on Gaza tighter a year after war
Dec 26, 2009 11:05 EST
GAZA (Reuters) - One year after Israel struck at the Gaza Strip, the Islamist Hamas group which rules the enclave remains defiant and in full control, rebuilding its strength and shrugging off criticism from Palestinian opponents.
Peace talks can restart 'if Israel halts settlements'
Dec 23, 2009 08:58 EST
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat said in an interview published Wednesday that he would immediately resume peace talks with Israel if it freezes all settlement construction in occupied land.
Former Israeli premier Olmert pleads not guilty
Dec 21, 2009 08:56 EST
Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert pleads not guilty to corruption charges. Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert is pleading not guilty to charges of illegally accepting funds from an American supporter and double-billing Jewish groups for trips abroad.
Israeli ex-PM Olmert pleads not guilty in graft trial
Dec 21, 2009 06:18 EST
Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert on Monday pleaded not guilty, denying all the graft charges against him in the first case of its kind in the history of the Jewish state.
Israeli ex-PM Olmert pleads not guilty in graft trial
Dec 21, 2009 04:39 EST
Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert on Monday pleaded not guilty, denying all the graft charges against him in the first case of its kind in the history of the Jewish state.
Mediator "sets deadline" for Israel-Hamas swap
Dec 19, 2009 14:39 EST
CAIRO (Reuters) - A German mediating a prisoner swap between Israel and Hamas has told the parties he will quit unless they reach a deal soon, the Palestinian president said in an interview published on Saturday.
Report: Israel's Olmert offered land swap
Dec 18, 2009 15:03 EST
Report: Israel's Olmert offered Palestinians land near Gaza, West bank for settlement blocs. Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert offered to swap Israeli territory near the Gaza Strip and West Bank in exchange for settlement blocs in the West Bank, the Haaretz newspaper reported Thursday, in the most detailed account of the former Israeli leader's proposed peace offer to the Palestinians.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| Ehud Olmert אהוד אולמרט | |
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| In office 14 April 2006 – 31 March 2009 Acting 4 Jan - 14 April 2006* | |
| President | Moshe Katsav Shimon Peres |
| Deputy | Tzipi Livni |
| Preceded by | Ariel Sharon |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin Netanyahu |
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| In office 1993 – 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Teddy Kollek |
| Succeeded by | Uri Lupolianski |
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| Born | 30 September 1945 Binyamina, British Mandate of Palestine |
| Political party | Likud (1973–2006) Kadima (2006–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Aliza Olmert |
| Religion | Judaism |
| *Under the Basic Laws of Israel, Olmert was only the Interim Prime Minister of Israel (distinct from both forms of Acting Prime Ministers of Israel) from 14 April 2006 to 4 May 2006.[1] | |
