Posts Tagged: Ehud Olmert
Olmert Denies Announcing Next Election Candidacy
Jerusalem Post - Former prime minister Ehud Olmert refuted reports that he had already announced his candidacy for prime minister in the next general...
Sanctimonious Jewish Bleeding Hearts
I was somewhat taken aback by a letter released in the wake of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Israel, signed by...
Israel’s Forgotten Corruptions
Journalists claim they are society's watchdogs, but in Israel they have gone to sleep, ignoring the moral and criminal corruptions of yesterday among some of the...
How Israel Should Avoid International Isolation
As the political climate heats up in Israel, the oft chimed argument of choice for the withered and depleted concessions camp, charges that various actions...
Israeli Politics Roundup: Likud Primaries and Livni’s New Party
After months of speculation, former Israeli Foreign Minister and Opposition Leader Tzipi Livni on Tuesday announced her candidacy in Israel's Jan. 22 general elections, unveiling...
Not So Random Questions, Facts, and Observations about Gaza and Israel
If foes in Mexico - drug cartels, for instance - were firing rockets and missiles into an area roughly covering 25% of the United States this...
Netanyahu to Critics of US Relationship: You Will “Not Get Away With It”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to critics Thursday saying, "There are those among us who are trying to instigate strife between Israel and the US,"...
New Details of 2007 Syria Operation May Provide Insight into Iran Attack
Excerpts from a book written by Middle East expert David Makovsky, appearing in the New Yorker, reveal new details on the decision-making process leading...
Olmert: Count Your Blessings and Retire Graciously
Following the verdict of the Jerusalem District Court, I was very relieved that Ehud Olmert will not be behind bars, unless the "Holyland"...
Ehud Olmert’s Corruption Case And the Ghosts of Prime Ministers Past
Historian Bernard Lewis once quipped that in the West one needed money to gain power, but in the Mid-East one needed power to really gain...
Abbas Rejects Netanyahu’s Offer to Restart Peace Talks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered to release over 100 Palestinian prisoners in order to restart peace talks with the Palestinian Authority, according to Israel's...
Ehud Olmert and Intelligence Heads in Destructive Rampages
We have recently been subjected to a variety of prominent Israelis publicly besmirching their country in order to promote their personal agendas or compensate for...
Barak: Former Israeli PM and Mossad Director “Depict Things Incorrectly” on Iran
Defense Minister Ehud Barak said recent statements by former top-level officials regarding the Israeli government's decision-making on Iran "cast a shadow on the...
Wikileaks Global Intelligence Files, Israel Day 30: Iran Already Has Nukes
Since February 27, 2012, WikiLeaks has continued releasing what it says will eventually be 5 million e-mails sent between July 2004 and late December 2011...
