<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - ehud-olmert</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/ehud-olmert</link><description>Newsvine - ehud-olmert</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:42:57 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 09:41:46 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Hagel Declined to Sign Schumer Letter in 2007 Asking Arab Allies to Recognize Israel</title>
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Former Sen. Chuck Hagel declined to sign a letter circulated by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in 2007 calling upon then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to press Arab allies of the U.S. to recognize Israel&rsquo;s right to exist &ldquo;and not use such recognition as a bargainin&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></source><link>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/21/17047812-hagel-declined-to-sign-schumer-letter-in-2007-asking-arab-allies-to-recognize-israel</link><guid>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/21/17047812-hagel-declined-to-sign-schumer-letter-in-2007-asking-arab-allies-to-recognize-israel</guid><category>israel</category><category>middle-east</category><category>hamas</category><category>politics</category><category>arab</category><category>bill-clinton</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>ehud-olmert</category><category>hillary-clinton</category><category>chuck-hagel</category><category>orrin-hatch</category><category>peace-agreement</category><category>mahmud-abbas</category><category>claire-mccaskill</category><category>pressure-hamas</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:42:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtomeE8BDBBE1-8BCA-3849-F500-0634802BD319.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="133" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtomeE8BDBBE1-8BCA-3849-F500-0634802BD319.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Olmert: Israel shouldn't have opposed PA UN bid</title>
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NEW YORK &ndash; Former prime minister Ehud Olmert said Monday that Israel had no  reason to oppose the UN vote to grant the Palestinians non-member observer  status last week, since it promoted Israel&rsquo;s own interest in a two-state  solution.
&ldquo;This move is maybe mo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hippocrates of Cos]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Hippocrates of Cos]]></source><link>http://hippocratesofcos.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/05/15703775-olmert-israel-shouldnt-have-opposed-pa-un-bid</link><guid>http://hippocratesofcos.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/05/15703775-olmert-israel-shouldnt-have-opposed-pa-un-bid</guid><category>un</category><category>israel</category><category>united-nations</category><category>west-bank</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>palestine</category><category>world-news</category><category>manhattan</category><category>jerusalem</category><category>ehud-olmert</category><category>israel-policy-forum</category><category>e1-corridor</category><category>ma-aleh-adumim</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Dec 2012 19:15:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=HippocratesofCos6A2EFF55-6C29-B0D6-E3AA-88E53FD140D5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="222" width="370" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=HippocratesofCos6A2EFF55-6C29-B0D6-E3AA-88E53FD140D5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Israel Hayom | Death of a spymaster</title>
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Death of a spymaster&nbsp; 
Tall, upright, with a thick voice and the appearance of a man younger than his 76 years &mdash; that is what Omar Suleiman looked like. He always seemed self assured, independent and in control of the situation. Unlike other ministers in the former &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Levi777]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Levi777]]></source><link>http://levin777.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/23/12908710-israel-hayom-death-of-a-spymaster</link><guid>http://levin777.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/23/12908710-israel-hayom-death-of-a-spymaster</guid><category>egypt</category><category>spies</category><category>world-news</category><category>ehud-olmert</category><category>omar-suleiman</category><category>gamal-mubarak</category><category>arab-spring</category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:39:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Levin7772E7D8890-8B89-C56D-2E5D-E85822C60892.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="54" width="57" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Levin7772E7D8890-8B89-C56D-2E5D-E85822C60892.jpg&amp;width=120" width="57" height="54" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Former Israeli PM: Jerusalem Must Be Partitioned</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday urged Israeli leaders to relinquish the idea of a unified Jerusalem if they truly want peace, contending in a pair of interviews that years of government neglect have kept the Jewish and Arab sectors irreparably divided.
The comments, &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></source><link>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/20/11781185-former-israeli-pm-jerusalem-must-be-partitioned</link><guid>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/20/11781185-former-israeli-pm-jerusalem-must-be-partitioned</guid><category>israel</category><category>world-news</category><category>ehud-olmert</category><category>jeruselem</category><category>former-isreali-pm-stating-that-jeruselem-must-be-partitioned</category><pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 19:50:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Tzipi Livni expected to submit resignation from Israel's Knesset - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Tzipi Livni is scheduled to meet Knesset Speaker Rivlin  later Tuesday, where political sources estimate will submit her  resignation from the Knesset following a recent loss to Shaul Mofaz in  the Kadima primary.
The former foreign minister has reportedly updated aides and pa&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[IDFeb89]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[IDFeb89]]></source><link>http://idfeb89.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/01/11482176-tzipi-livni-expected-to-submit-resignation-from-israels-knesset-haaretz-daily-newspaper-israel-news</link><guid>http://idfeb89.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/01/11482176-tzipi-livni-expected-to-submit-resignation-from-israels-knesset-haaretz-daily-newspaper-israel-news</guid><category>israel</category><category>middle-east</category><category>world-news</category><category>likud</category><category>shaul-mofaz</category><category>ehud-olmert</category><category>kadima</category><category>peace-process</category><category>netanyahu</category><category>knesset</category><category>israeli-elections</category><pubDate>Tue, 1 May 2012 08:17:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IDFeb89E8D6C5D6-8EF1-E8B6-9AF6-83602054D71B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="58" width="70" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IDFeb89E8D6C5D6-8EF1-E8B6-9AF6-83602054D71B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="70" height="58" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Olmert defends Abbas for shunning his peace proposal</title>
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Former prime minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday defended PA President  Mahmoud Abbas for not accepting the peace deal that Olmert himself  offered him during his tenure, but added that Israelis could do more to  advance peace.
Speaking during a panel discussion at the Jerusalem  P&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hippocrates of Cos]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Hippocrates of Cos]]></source><link>http://hippocratesofcos.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/29/11460398-olmert-defends-abbas-for-shunning-his-peace-proposal</link><guid>http://hippocratesofcos.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/29/11460398-olmert-defends-abbas-for-shunning-his-peace-proposal</guid><category>israel</category><category>new-york</category><category>mahmoud-abbas</category><category>palestinian-authority</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>palestine</category><category>world-news</category><category>ehud-olmert</category><category>peace-deal</category><category>binyamin-netanyahu</category><category>jerusalem-post-conference</category><pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:11:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=HippocratesofCos37B7DC4F-A7CE-B1D5-725D-272E2768EF04.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="223" width="370" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=HippocratesofCos37B7DC4F-A7CE-B1D5-725D-272E2768EF04.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Israel issues tender for hundreds of new apartments in East Jerusalem</title>
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Israel's Housing Ministry  published on Tuesday tenders for the construction of hundreds of new  housing units in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Homa, located  beyond the Green Line.
The five tenders published by the  ministry include 827 new housing units, most of whi&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hippocrates of Cos]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Hippocrates of Cos]]></source><link>http://hippocratesofcos.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/04/11019895-israel-issues-tender-for-hundreds-of-new-apartments-in-east-jerusalem</link><guid>http://hippocratesofcos.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/04/11019895-israel-issues-tender-for-hundreds-of-new-apartments-in-east-jerusalem</guid><category>israel</category><category>settlements</category><category>west-bank</category><category>world-news</category><category>jerusalem</category><category>ehud-olmert</category><category>east-jerusalem</category><category>illegal-settlement</category><category>green-line</category><category>jewish-settlements</category><category>har-homa</category><category>beit-sahour</category><category>jewish-construction</category><category>har-homa-gimel</category><category>nuaman</category><pubDate>Wed, 4 Apr 2012 18:04:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=HippocratesofCos35931D5E-4A7E-5AA5-D1FC-E2EA9B2B9594.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="171" width="295" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=HippocratesofCos35931D5E-4A7E-5AA5-D1FC-E2EA9B2B9594.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="70" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>'Israel should debate wisdom of building on swappable land'</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The internal Israeli debate on where to build houses and communities should  extend to inside the Green Line on areas that may be transferred to the  Palestinians in a future peace deal, Robert Wexler, considered one of US  President Barack Obama&rsquo;s closest Jewish confidan&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hippocrates of Cos]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Hippocrates of Cos]]></source><link>http://hippocratesofcos.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/02/10295260-israel-should-debate-wisdom-of-building-on-swappable-land</link><guid>http://hippocratesofcos.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/02/10295260-israel-should-debate-wisdom-of-building-on-swappable-land</guid><category>israel</category><category>settlements</category><category>united-states</category><category>mahmoud-abbas</category><category>west-bank</category><category>palestinian-authority</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>palestine</category><category>world-news</category><category>jerusalem</category><category>ehud-olmert</category><category>middle-east-peace</category><category>robert-wexler</category><category>herzliya-conference</category><category>israeli-settlements</category><category>land-swap</category><category>1967-green-line</category><pubDate>Thu, 2 Feb 2012 06:07:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=HippocratesofCosC5901066-5C39-F3E1-2337-72A00847A74D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="236" width="390" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=HippocratesofCosC5901066-5C39-F3E1-2337-72A00847A74D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Olmert indicted in Holyland scandal</title>
<description><![CDATA[
JERUSALEM&nbsp;(JTA)&nbsp;-- Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been  indicted on bribery charges in one of Israel's largest corruption  scandals.
The indictment filed Thursday accuses Olmert of accepting hundreds of  thousands of dollars in bribes during the constr&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[curtonthebeach]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[curtonthebeach]]></source><link>http://curtonthebeach.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/05/9976887-olmert-indicted-in-holyland-scandal</link><guid>http://curtonthebeach.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/05/9976887-olmert-indicted-in-holyland-scandal</guid><category>israel</category><category>world-news</category><category>criminal</category><category>ehud-olmert</category><pubDate>Thu, 5 Jan 2012 16:07:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Abbas must choose to seek peace deal with Israel - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News</title>
<description><![CDATA[
By nursing insults or threatening resignation, Abbas only makes it easier for extremists to scuttle any peace deal.
]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[IDFeb89]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[IDFeb89]]></source><link>http://idfeb89.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/28/8519078-abbas-must-choose-to-seek-peace-deal-with-israel-haaretz-daily-newspaper-israel-news</link><guid>http://idfeb89.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/28/8519078-abbas-must-choose-to-seek-peace-deal-with-israel-haaretz-daily-newspaper-israel-news</guid><category>israel</category><category>middle-east</category><category>hamas</category><category>terror</category><category>pa</category><category>abbas</category><category>gaza</category><category>settlements</category><category>west-bank</category><category>world-news</category><category>ehud-olmert</category><category>peace-process</category><category>fatah</category><category>netanyahu</category><category>tzipi-livni</category><category>ehud-barak</category><category>two-state-solution</category><category>fayyad</category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:49:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama Arms Israel - The Daily Beast</title>
<description><![CDATA[Obama pressures Israel to make concessions to the Palestinians&mdash;while he arms Tel Aviv, as Eli Lake exclusively reports in this week's Newsweek.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen-one shot-one kill]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen-one shot-one kill]]></source><link>http://stephen3100047.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/26/7971324-obama-arms-israel-the-daily-beast</link><guid>http://stephen3100047.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/26/7971324-obama-arms-israel-the-daily-beast</guid><category>middle-east</category><category>white-house</category><category>science</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>mahmoud-ahmadinejad</category><category>benjamin-netanyahu</category><category>ehud-olmert</category><category>jim-watson</category><category>reform-jewish</category><category>afp-getty-images</category><category>yet-turkey-s</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:28:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Stephen3100047CB37FF1A-57E6-0722-459C-985440429F57.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="133" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Stephen3100047CB37FF1A-57E6-0722-459C-985440429F57.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Above the Fray: Escaping the Israel ghetto</title>
<description><![CDATA[By ALON BEN-MEIR&nbsp;   07/22/2011 16:43
The lack of visionary leadership in Israel today has served to entrench the notion that the future of the state is at risk.
&nbsp; While  Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu insists that the Palestinians  recognize Israel as a Jewish state,&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[curtonthebeach]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[curtonthebeach]]></source><link>http://curtonthebeach.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/23/7148033-above-the-fray-escaping-the-israel-ghetto</link><guid>http://curtonthebeach.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/23/7148033-above-the-fray-escaping-the-israel-ghetto</guid><category>israel</category><category>politics</category><category>world-news</category><category>foreign-policy</category><category>ehud-olmert</category><category>israeli-arabs</category><category>shin-bet</category><category>jordan-river</category><category>jewish-israelis</category><category>israeli-ghetto</category><category>tel-hai-academic-college</category><pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 12:25:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=curtonthebeach28F564FA-577C-9ABE-7619-F8391D3CA265.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="242" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=curtonthebeach28F564FA-577C-9ABE-7619-F8391D3CA265.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>WikiLeaks: Syria aimed chemical weapons at Israel </title>
<description><![CDATA[Syria placed long-range missiles equipped with chemical warheads on high alert after an attack on a Syrian nuclear plant in 2007, WikiLeaks documents obtained by Yediot Ahronot indicate.
    In March 2008, then-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told a group of U.S.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DBE928]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DBE928]]></source><link>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/15/6477679-wikileaks-syria-aimed-chemical-weapons-at-israel</link><guid>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/15/6477679-wikileaks-syria-aimed-chemical-weapons-at-israel</guid><category>israel</category><category>syria</category><category>north-korea</category><category>nuclear-weapons</category><category>world-news</category><category>ehud-olmert</category><category>wikileaks</category><category>salam-fayyad</category><category>syrian-scud</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:36:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Goldstone: Claims of Israel's Gaza war crimes should be reconsidered</title>
<description><![CDATA[Writing in a Washington Post column, former head of the Gaza war fact-finding commission slams anti-Israel UN bias, says Jerusalem went to 'significant' lengths to investigate itself.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[IDFeb89]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[IDFeb89]]></source><link>http://idfeb89.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/02/6395381-goldstone-claims-of-israels-gaza-war-crimes-should-be-reconsidered</link><guid>http://idfeb89.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/02/6395381-goldstone-claims-of-israels-gaza-war-crimes-should-be-reconsidered</guid><category>israel</category><category>middle-east</category><category>hamas</category><category>terror</category><category>gaza</category><category>west-bank</category><category>world-news</category><category>ehud-olmert</category><category>peace-process</category><category>idf</category><category>ehud-barak</category><category>idf-chief</category><category>cast-lead</category><category>goldstone-report</category><pubDate>Sat, 2 Apr 2011 12:25:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ehud Olmert, Israeli Former Prime Minister, Regrets Mideast Peace Talk Failure In New Memoir</title>
<description><![CDATA[Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made a "historic mistake" by rebuffing an Israeli peace offer during negotiations in 2008, Israel's former prime minister wrote in excerpts from his forthcoming memoirs published Friday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rodney-889389]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rodney-889389]]></source><link>http://magic3400.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/29/5950787-ehud-olmert-israeli-former-prime-minister-regrets-mideast-peace-talk-failure-in-new-memoir</link><guid>http://magic3400.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/29/5950787-ehud-olmert-israeli-former-prime-minister-regrets-mideast-peace-talk-failure-in-new-memoir</guid><category>israel</category><category>middle-east</category><category>gaza</category><category>gaza-strip</category><category>mahmoud-abbas</category><category>west-bank</category><category>palestine</category><category>world-news</category><category>ehud-olmert</category><category>saeb-erekat</category><category>israel-peace-talks</category><pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 01:09:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Saudi writer: Israel deserves respect | Al Bawaba</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Saudi writer on Tuesday said that "Israel is a country that deserves respect," adding that it is "better than all the Arab and Muslim countries" in relation to democracy.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DBE928]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DBE928]]></source><link>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/19/5877053-saudi-writer-israel-deserves-respect-al-bawaba</link><guid>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/19/5877053-saudi-writer-israel-deserves-respect-al-bawaba</guid><category>israel</category><category>saudi-arabia</category><category>world-news</category><category>ehud-olmert</category><category>benjamin-netanyahus</category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:26:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>NY Times: Perpetuates the Big Lie -- &quot;Settlements Are The Problem''</title>
<description><![CDATA[American Thinker Blog

This is one hot potato that is too hot for me to handle, so I will leave it for those in the know to comment on....]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Desert Rattler]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Desert Rattler]]></source><link>http://the-desert-rattler.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/23/5703028-ny-times-perpetuates-the-big-lie-settlements-are-the-problem</link><guid>http://the-desert-rattler.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/23/5703028-ny-times-perpetuates-the-big-lie-settlements-are-the-problem</guid><category>bill-clinton</category><category>new-york-times</category><category>mahmoud-abbas</category><category>west-bank</category><category>phoenix</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>yasser-arafat</category><category>jerusalem</category><category>top-news</category><category>ehud-olmert</category><category>ehud-barak</category><category>ethan-bronner</category><category>peace-dealquot</category><pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 20:53:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Shame of the Israel Lobby (AIPAC): Causing the Unnecessary Deaths of Israeli Soldiers</title>
<description><![CDATA[The lobby never feels any need to apologise for any of its disastrous errors. Thousands of Israelis have been killed as a result of policies the lobby has supported, but it sails on, never looking back, and always labelling anyone who opposes the status quo "anti-Israel."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[truthlover]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[truthlover]]></source><link>http://truthlover.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/09/5263635-the-shame-of-the-israel-lobby-aipac-causing-the-unnecessary-deaths-of-israeli-soldiers</link><guid>http://truthlover.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/09/5263635-the-shame-of-the-israel-lobby-aipac-causing-the-unnecessary-deaths-of-israeli-soldiers</guid><category>us</category><category>israel</category><category>peace</category><category>politics</category><category>suez-canal</category><category>palestine</category><category>ehud-olmert</category><category>george-soros</category><category>yom-kippur</category><category>anwar-sadat</category><category>lost-lives</category><category>uri-grossman</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Oct 2010 19:24:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Commentary: Still Ignoring the Obvious About Abbas</title>
<description><![CDATA[According to the New York Times, peace between Israel and the Palestinians is merely a matter of American pressure on the Jewish state to force it to make the concessions that will magically end the conflict. In its Aug.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DBE928]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DBE928]]></source><link>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/12/4875830-commentary-still-ignoring-the-obvious-about-abbas</link><guid>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/12/4875830-commentary-still-ignoring-the-obvious-about-abbas</guid><category>middle-east</category><category>white-house</category><category>abbas</category><category>camp-david</category><category>world-news</category><category>ehud-olmert</category><category>netanyahu</category><category>yasir-arafat</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:23:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Israeli police question ex-PM on bribe case</title>
<description><![CDATA[Israeli fraud investigators questioned a former prime minister on corruption charges Tuesday, his first appearance before police since being driven out of office last year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com U.S. & World News]]></source><link>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/25/4348689-israeli-police-question-ex-pm-on-bribe-case</link><guid>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/25/4348689-israeli-police-question-ex-pm-on-bribe-case</guid><category>police</category><category>crime</category><category>law-enforcement</category><category>general-news</category><category>world-news</category><category>ehud-olmert</category><category>government-and-politics</category><category>political-issues</category><category>mideast-n-africa</category><category>bribery-graft-and-conflicts-of-interest</category><category>fraud-and-false-statements</category><pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 07:05:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Palestinians: Indirect peace talks have begun</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Palestinians on Sunday announced the official start of indirect peace talks with Israel after a 17-month breakdown, while Israel's leader urged a quick transition to face-to-face negotiations to tackle the hardest issues.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com U.S. & World News]]></source><link>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/09/4260316-palestinians-indirect-peace-talks-have-begun</link><guid>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/09/4260316-palestinians-indirect-peace-talks-have-begun</guid><category>mahmoud-abbas</category><category>general-news</category><category>world-news</category><category>international-relations</category><category>benjamin-netanyahu</category><category>ehud-olmert</category><category>saeb-erekat</category><category>international-agreements</category><category>government-and-politics</category><category>george-j-mitchell</category><category>mideast-n-africa</category><category>war-and-unrest</category><pubDate>Sun, 9 May 2010 13:23:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Palestinians ready to restart peace talks</title>
<description><![CDATA[Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signals that he is ready to start indirect peace talks with Israel after weeks of hesitation.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com U.S. & World News]]></source><link>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/26/4207603-palestinians-ready-to-restart-peace-talks</link><guid>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/26/4207603-palestinians-ready-to-restart-peace-talks</guid><category>mahmoud-abbas</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>general-news</category><category>world-news</category><category>international-relations</category><category>benjamin-netanyahu</category><category>ehud-olmert</category><category>israel-palestinians</category><category>international-agreements</category><category>government-and-politics</category><category>george-j-mitchell</category><category>mideast-n-africa</category><category>war-and-unrest</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:49:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Reports: Israel's Olmert says he never took bribes</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday that he rejects the "innuendo" linking him to a new corruption case and told Israeli newspapers that he never took bribes.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com U.S. & World News]]></source><link>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/11/4144012-reports-israels-olmert-says-he-never-took-bribes</link><guid>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/11/4144012-reports-israels-olmert-says-he-never-took-bribes</guid><category>crime</category><category>general-news</category><category>world-news</category><category>ehud-olmert</category><category>mideast-n-africa</category><category>bribery-graft-and-conflicts-of-interest</category><pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 08:07:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Israel's former PM Olmert insists he is innocent as corruption trial resumes</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is insisting he is innocent as his corruption trials resumes.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com U.S. & World News]]></source><link>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/25/3949042-israels-former-pm-olmert-insists-he-is-innocent-as-corruption-trial-resumes</link><guid>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/25/3949042-israels-former-pm-olmert-insists-he-is-innocent-as-corruption-trial-resumes</guid><category>world-news</category><category>benjamin-netanyahu</category><category>ehud-olmert</category><category>mideast-n-africa</category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:12:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Column One: Sarah Palin's friendship. By Caroline Glick. 12/02/2010 16:01 </title>
<description><![CDATA[US President Barack Obama is an inept, incompetent leader.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></source><link>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/12/3888596-column-one-sarah-palins-friendship-by-caroline-glick-12022010-1601</link><guid>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/12/3888596-column-one-sarah-palins-friendship-by-caroline-glick-12022010-1601</guid><category>un</category><category>israel</category><category>iran</category><category>tennessee</category><category>politics</category><category>convention</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>mahmoud-ahmadinejad</category><category>sanctions</category><category>ehud-olmert</category><category>nuclear-program</category><category>nashville</category><category>sarah-palin</category><category>president-obama</category><category>david-sanger</category><category>tea-party-movement</category><pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:05:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>