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Ehud Olmert became the first current or past Israeli prime minister ever to go on trial Friday, insisting in a Jerusalem courtroom that he is innocent of corruption allegations that drove him from office.
Israel's justice ministry says the corruption trial of former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will begin on Sept. 29 in Jerusalem.
Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was indicted on corruption charges Sunday, becoming the first Israeli premier to go on trial and highlighting a series of cases that have shaken the public's faith in the political system.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will undergo prostate cancer surgery in the US in the coming weeks.
A spokesman for ex-Premier Ehud Olmert says tests show his prostate cancer has worsened, and he needs immediate treatment.
Ehud Olmert took office with bold promises of a broad withdrawal from the West Bank and a push for peace with the Palestinians. He goes home empty-handed, tainted by corruption scandals, remembered as the mastermind of two inconclusive wars, and with peace prospects as elusive as ever.
Israeli police on Thursday said they had dropped a criminal investigation into a real estate deal by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, just days before he leaves office, citing lack of sufficient evidence.
Israeli police said Thursday they have ended another investigation into misconduct allegations against outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and are recommending that prosecutors bring charges against him.
Israel's state prosecutor has decided to drop one criminal investigation into Ehud Olmert's role in the privatization of a bank, though the outgoing prime minister still faces other corruption investigations.
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has called an emergency meeting of the country's ruling Kadima party to discuss the repercussions if Prime Minster Ehud Olmert is indicted.
President George W. Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert — two leaders with just weeks left in office — will discuss a range of issues at the White House on Monday, including Iran's nuclear program, the global financial crisis and efforts to find peace in the Middle East.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, once one of Israel's leading hawks, is leaving office an outspoken dove.
Police questioned Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Friday in connection with one of the multiple corruption probes that have driven him from office, a police spokesman said.
Israel will have to give up virtually all of the West Bank and east Jerusalem if it wants peace with the Palestinians, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in a farewell interview published Monday.
Israel's police recommended Sunday that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert should be indicted in a string of corruption cases, according to an official document.
Police questioned Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Friday for a seventh time in connection with one of the multiple corruption probes that have driven him to announce his resignation.
An Israeli police spokesman says investigators are quizzing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in a corruption probe that has already forced him to announce his resignation.
Lawyers for an American businessman have recommended he refuse to testify again before an Israeli court in a corruption case against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, according to a letter released Thursday.
Israeli police questioned Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Friday for the fourth time in a corruption investigation that has brought about his political downfall.
President Bush has extended his warm wishes to embattled Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
Defense attorneys raised doubts Friday about the memory of an American Jewish fundraiser at the center of a corruption probe against Ehud Olmert, but did not appear to decisively undermine testimony that threatens to drive the Israeli prime minister from office.
Lawyers defending the Israeli prime minister against a web of corruption allegations launched their cross examination of a key witness Thursday by painting him as a lying, litigious businessman with an unsavory reputation and a faulty memory.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert visited Israel's main nuclear reactor on Tuesday, setting off a round of commentaries in Israeli media about Israel's intentions toward Iran and its nuclear program.
Ehud Olmert is heading to Washington for what could be his last trip there as Israel's prime minister.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert underwent a medical imaging exam at Hadassah University Hospital late Monday to check development of his prostate cancer, the hospital said in a statement.
Citzens arrest and mass disruption of former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert in San Francisco (video)If we want to bring up ideological myths, class myths, historical myths.......Let the record show that Western, class and imperial states, are for the most part, War criminal states, from American Empire to Zionist Israel and Nato, imperial alliances, who do not enforce internati …
Former PM Olmert indicted in three corruption affairs - Haaretz - Israel News Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was indicted Sunday in three corruption affairs, concluding months of investigations into cases allegedly conducted during his tenure as Jerusalem mayor and trade minister.
Ex-Israeli leader Olmert charged in corruption probeFormer Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been indicted on a variety of corruption charges in a probe that dogged his last months in office, prosecutors announced Sunday.
Olmert to Obama: Settlements focus counterproductiveMore critical to understanding why the peace process is stalled, he said, is to examine why the moderate Palestinian Authority leadership last year rejected what Olmert has said was an offer that would have included a 100 percent equivalent of lands Israel captured in the 1967 Si …
Israel to build new settlement in West BankThe Maskiyot project was first mooted some three years ago, and was intended to house Jewish settler families evacuated from Gaza following Israel's 2005 unilateral pullout from the strip.
Israel PM's family link to Hamas peace bidOlmert rejected Palestinian attempts to set up talks through go-between before Gaza invasion
Israel Suspends Retaliation to Rocket Attacks, Turns to UN The Olmert administration has changed its tactics. Instead of authorizing the IDF to continue immediate military retaliation to Hamas rocket attacks, it has complained to the United Nations. A protest was filed with the U.N.
Hamas Bombards Southern Israel as Israelis Run for ShelterTerrorists from Hamas-controlled Gaza attacked the Negev twice Monday morning with Kassam rockets, sparking a fire and sending residents back into shelters. A rocket also struck southern Israel late Sunday night.
With Gaza, Journalists Fail Again by Chris Hedges..."The assault on Gaza exposed not only Israel's callous disregard for international law but the gutlessness of the American press.
Gaza War Gives Bigger Lift to Israel's Right Than to Those in Power With two weeks to go before the Israeli elections, the politicians who seem to have benefited the most from the military offensive against Hamas in Gaza are those who were not involved in planning or carrying out the war.
Gaza offensive jeopardizes Israel's relations with TurkeyIsrael's Gaza offensive has created fractures in the Israeli-Turkish alliance and deepened ties between Ankara and Tehran in what analysts fear could be the start of a major realignment in the region.
Israeli PM updates Obama on Gaza situation"New US President Barack Obama called Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday, his first day in the Oval Office.
Olmert: Israel will pull all Gaza troops as soon as possible Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday that Israel has no intention to stay in the Gaza Strip or to reconquer it, despite its three-week offensive on the Hamas-ruled coastal territory.
Israel calls a halt to its assault on GazaIsrael called a halt to its bombardment of Gaza tonight after winning American and European pledges of support to shut down the Hamas weapons supply pipeline. • Hamas 'to fight on' after ceasefire • Olmert says war aims 'fully attained'
Israeli Cabinet Ready to Declare Cease-FireJERUSALEM — Israel's security cabinet is expected to meet Saturday night to declare a cease-fire in Gaza and will keep its forces there in the short term while the next stage of an agreement with Egypt is worked out.
IDF Blames Hamas for UNRWA AttackAccording to Israel, Hamas was reposbile for the attack on the UNRWA school.
Olmert Interrupts Bush's Speech To Tell Him What To Do Israel's prime minister claimed yesterday that US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was embarrassed by orders to abstain from voting last week on a UN truce resolution for Gaza that she helped arrange.
UN climbdown: Did Olmert pressure Bush in voting against the cease fire?The Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, has claimed that last-minute intervention by George Bush stopped America voting for a United Nations ceasefire resolution last week, a move that apparently left the US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, humiliated.
Israeli PM Ehud Olmert Claims to be Able to Order Bush AroundSo outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was speaking in Ashkelon on Monday, and he said the most amazing thing.
During my absence (I want to thank Tyler for helping me finally get back online), a most cruel massacre began and continues in the Middle East. No one on the vine can be unaware of what is happening. It is true horror and brutality.
Israel OKs Gaza 'humanitarian corridor'Israel says it has agreed to set up a "humanitarian corridor" to ship vital supplies to the people of the Gaza Strip. The office of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in a statement that the humanitarian corridor idea came from the UN Security Council, and he accepted it.
US, Israeli leaders must be tried at ICC: Chavez Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said US and Israeli leaders must be tried at the International Criminal Court so the world's collective conscience can rest in peace. Israel is carrying out a holocaust in Gaza, Chavez added.
President-Elect Obama, You Must NOT Be Silent!Technology aside, those who mastermind today's ethno-religious wars are as primitively demonic as they were a millennium before - even as recently as 60 and 70 years before - when exterminations were the scourge of a continent and the impetus that sent the whole world to war.
godzillary drops the big one!barack "when irish eyes are smiling, rahmbo's busting somebody's knuckles out behind the governor's mansion" obama returned from his "vacation" in hawaii just in time to drive the final nail in the coffin of the clinton dynasty. "uh, look.
Israel rejects ceasefire move as divisions emerge in leadership • More troops mass on border • Hamas rockets land 25 miles into Israel
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