Ehud Olmert

Israel's prime minister has lashed out against the Goldstone report which criticises Israel for deliberately targeting civilians during its war on Gaza earlier this year. Opening the winter session...

The Compensations Department of Cairo North Court has postponed the hearing of a lawsuit filed against former Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, and the head of Israeli television, to...

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has criticised the current government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu, saying that its policies could lead Israel into "political isolation" and threaten its strategic...

Two Belgian lawyers, working on behalf of a group of Palestinians, plan to charge 14 Israeli politicians, including Ehud Olmert, Ehud Barak, Tzipi Livni and Matan Vilnai, for crimes...

The State Attorney's Office in Israel has filed an appeal in Supreme Court against the acquittals of former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on charges of corruption, public betrayal and...

An Israeli court has heard that the government of Ehud Olmert drafted a plan to starve Palestinians in Gaza. The details were revealed after a human rights group obtained...

Israel's foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, on Thursday accused Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas of not being concerned about a peace deal with 'Israel', preferring instead reconciliation with Hamas. Lieberman claimed...

Moshe Ya'alon, Israel's Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Strategic Affairs, has criticised the country's Deputy Prime Minister for "not understanding the conflict with the Palestinians". Ehud Barak, who...

Israeli economic reports claim that a special team in the office of the Israeli Prime Minister has estimated that budget cuts totalling 27 billion shekels (around $7 billion) will...

A week after the Israeli general election and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is still waiting for congratulatory calls from world leaders. Maariv newspaper claimed at the weekend that no...

According to Israel's Ma'ariv newspaper, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, pledged on Friday that should he head any prospective Israeli government, he would not evacuate any settlement in the...

Less than a day after insisting that he would not step down as Israel's Foreign Minister in the face of indictments for fraud and breaches of public trust, Avigdor...

Media reports claim that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has proposed negotiations with the Israeli government for a period of 6 months, during which the Israeli government would halt settlement...

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has criticised his successor, Benjamin Netanyahu, for not negotiating with Mahmoud Abbas, an Israeli newspaper reported on Sunday. Speaking at a business convention,...

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has accused the current incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu of exaggerating the Iranian nuclear threat, called for a two-state solution with the Palestinians and predicted...

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has described the Arab Peace Initiative as "historic". Speaking to Israel's Channel Ten news programme he urged the Knesset not to miss out...

Former Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert has said he does not want to live in a "racist state which controls millions of Palestinians through oppression and racism but...

The director of Israel's General Security Service (Shin Bet) has told a key US committee that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's position is "strong and stable" but may be weakened...

West Bank residents expelled to Gaza as part of the deal done with the Israelis after a 39 day-blockade of the Church of the Nativity in 2002 called on...

The former head of Israel's secret service Shin Bet, Ami Ayalon, has expressed doubts over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's intention to achieve a two-state solution. "Chances of success...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has offered Czech President Meles Ziman his own house to serve as the Czech embassy, Israeli Hebrew newspaper Maariv reported on Wednesday. The newspaper...

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has attacked current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his candid criticism of the recent US-brokered deal on Iran's nuclear programme. Speaking at a...

Sudan's Minister of Information has accused Israel of bombing an arms factory in Khartoum overnight on Tuesday, using four aircraft. Strong blasts rocked the military industrial facility in the...

VIDEOBelow is a statement from the 'Students Against Israeli Apartheid': On 4th June, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert visited Washington D.C.'s Woodrow Wilson Centre to offer a so-called...

Following the issue of an arrest warrant in December against former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, Gordon Brown announced last week that Britain will "legislate as soon as possible"...

By Dr Daud Abdullah No war has tarnished the image of Israel and damaged its vital international relationships as the "Operation Cast Lead" it waged on Gaza last winter....

A quarter-century ago I barnstormed around the United States encouraging Americans, particularly students, to press for divestment from South Africa. Today, regrettably, the time has come for similar action...

Introduction – The OECD and Israel's impending accessionThe Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) does exactly what its name suggests. The group, established in its current form in...

The criminal Israeli offensive on Gaza is taking place in the midst of the Israeli general election campaign. There should be no doubt that it is connected to the...

Benjamin Netanyahu's election coalition partner has said that it is "impossible" to solve the conflict with the Palestinians. "It is possible to manage it – and it is important...

Israeli president Shimon Peres is hosting in Jerusalem this week a presidential conference called "Facing Tomorrow". Its theme is the "human factor and its role in shaping our tomorrow"....

The formal Israeli-Palestinian peace process has long been characterised by a yawning gap between image and reality. For the best part of 20 years, a reality of occupation has...