Ehud Olmert News Archives

Protests have recently greeted the leaders and representatives of the occupation state wherever they have traveled - in October 2009 in the United States, former occupation prime minister and war criminal Ehud Olmert has been chased from city to city, shouted down in every venue and exposed for his war crimes.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert engaged a crowd of nearly 400 Jewish Federation supporters with a speech that ranged from humorous to serious Sunday evening at The Temple, Congregation Ba nai Jehudah.

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Support is growing within Israel for the launch of an independent inquiry into alleged war crimes committed during its offensive in Gaza last winter.

Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Wednesday responded positively to remarks by Syrian President Bashar Assad, who declared that Syria was ready to resume peace talks with Israel, saying that peace with Syria is pivotal in the path toward regional peace.

Ehud Olmert , Israel 's prime minister during the Gaza war, would probably face arrest on war crimes charges if he visited Britain, according to a UK lawyer who is working to expand the application of "universal jurisdiction" for offences involving serious human rights abuses committed anywhere in the world.

Parking Restrictions For Israeli's Speech At U. of A. Ashley Blackstone 3 hrs ago The University of Arkansas is restricting parking around the time former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert speaks at Barnhill Arena.

Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are unlikely to resume any time soon, Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Monday, blaming Israel for the impasse and urging Washington to do the same.

It is regrettable that Egypt is playing a "negative role in the region," a senior Foreign Ministry official said on Monday, responding to the cancellation of a scheduled meeting of EU and Mediterranean states in Istanbul in November because Egypt did not want to sit around the table with Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman.

Israel formally pardoned a high-profile Lebanese prisoner on Tuesday to set in motion the process of a prisoner swap with Hezbollah expected to get under way today.

The Prime Minister is a war criminal and should be treated as such. If former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert had merely been a diplomat or an academic offering a controversial viewpoint, then interrupting his October 15 speech at Mandel Hall would certainly have been an attempt to stifle debate.

Date : Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:05:57 +0500 ISRAEL IS IN DENIAL OVER TURKISH RAGE Simon Tisdall guardian.co.uk, Thursday 22 October 2009 19.00 BST Turkey was shocked by Goldstone's report on the Gaza conflict, but Israel is seeking other explanations for deteriorating ties The apparent inability of Israeli leaders to see their actions as others see them ...

Yesterday evening nearly 180 Israel-haters faced off against about fifty pro-Israel activists.

Protesters heckled former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert during a speech in San Francisco Thursday, denouncing him as a war criminal and demanding his arrest.

Ali Abunimah, the founder of electronicintifada.net, is a prominent pro-Palestine media activist and lecturer in the Chicago area.

The confluence of the crisis in relations with Turkey and Israel's failure to block the endorsement of the Goldstone report on Operation Cast Lead leads to some interesting conclusions.

The journalistic ethos of the Axel Springer publishing house - Europe's largest media conglomerate - is governed by a set of principles spelled out in the employment contract of each journalist, one of which advocates "the support of the State of Israel and its existence and reconciliation between Germans and Jews." In an exclusive, wide-ranging ...

The Harris School is inviting Ehud Olmert to campus, and no one seems to be outraged.

As Arab League states announced a mini-summit Friday to discuss strategy at next week's Middle East peace talks in the United States, Israel made further moves to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

Operation Cast Lead in Gaza was perceived in Israel as a shining victory. Rocket fire from Gaza was brought to a halt almost completely.

Israel's relations with the Palestinian Authority combine security cooperation with diplomatic warfare.

While Olmert's speech was disrupted inside the lecture hall, approximately 150 activists protested outside the hall in the freezing rain.

As protesters heckled inside the Reynolds Club and out, the Former Israeli Prime Minister gave a speech meant to last only 20 minutes.

A speech by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Wednesday night on the University of Kentucky campus filled the Singletary Center for the Arts and also saw dozens of protesters.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been scheduled to speak at the University of Arkansas.

The U.S. has reacted badly to a move by Turkey to exclude the Israel Air Force from a multi-national forces air drill.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Israelis and Palestinians yesterday rolled out a daunting timetable of steps they intend to take to resolve their six-decade dispute by the end of 2008.

A controversial swap that will result in the return to Lebanon of five convicted killers will go ahead even though two Israeli soldiers abducted and dragged into Lebanon by Hezbollah two years ago are known to be dead, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday.

The Knesset opened its winter session Monday, amid its members' promise for a stormy winter.

Protest Ehud Olmert at University of Chicago WHEN: Thursday, October 15th, at 3:30 PM WHERE: University of Chicago's Mandel Hall 1131 E. 57th Street, Chicago American Muslims for Palestine , Arab Student Union at Moraine Valley, International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network , International Solidarity Movement , Palestine Solidarity Group , Students for ...

You could call him Israel's Patrick Fitzgerald. Like the crusading U.S. federal prosecutor in Chicago, Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz has built a reputation bringing down politicians.

The Jews of Israel are facing a cruel dilemma. They came home to find peace and safety in their homeland of Israel; to find an end to that vulnerable status of a perpetual wandering minority; an end to exile, alienation, and powerlessness; and the beginning of a normal national existence.

According to a statement by Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was sedated for about 20 minutes when he underwent a colonoscopy.

The drums of war are beating in the Middle East. Proponents of a military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities have intensified their campaign in recent weeks, arguing the military option is the only way to ensure the country does not build a nuclear weapon.

The video release, accompanied by that of 20 Palestinian women held in Israeli jails could completely change the dynamics of the peace process.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak urged Israel to open talks with the Palestinians on the full range of issues blocking the path to peace.

Khaled Meshal, the Damascus-based head of the Hamas political bureau, told an Egyptian newspaper earlier this week that his organization's transfer of a videotape showing captive Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit in exchange for the release of 20 female Palestinian prisoners is an indication that a comprehensive prisoner swap is in the ...

The previous government of Ehud Olmert and the current government of Binyamin Netanyahu have gone out of their way in the last year or so to praise the growing effectiveness of Palestinian Authority forces, trained under US supervision, in bringing a greater degree of calm and security to certain Palestinian areas of the West Bank.

In this Jan. 4, 2006 file photo, Russian-Israeli billionaire Arkady Gaydamak speaks during a press conference in the city of Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv, Israel.

An Israeli protester rests above a banner depicting captured soldier Gilad Shalit during a protest calling for his release outside the office of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in Jerusalem on Tuesday.