Ehud Olmert

Canadian group calls for Olmert, Livni arrest over alleged war crimes

The Hind Rajab Foundation, a Belgian pro-Palestinian organization with terrorist ties, filed a formal complaint calling for Canadian officials to issue a warrant for Olmert and Livni's arrests

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert testifies during a hearing of the civil investigative committee on the October 7 massacre, in Tel Aviv, August 8, 2024
The Holyland Towers built on Jerusalem’s western ridge in the early 2000s marked a radical break architecturally from what came before in the city.

Holyland towers: The 'monster' that changed Jerusalem's skyline forever

 Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert in Tel Aviv. August 8, 2024.

Hind Rajab files criminal complaint, seeks arrest of Ehud Olmert over 2008-9 Gaza War

 Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert testifies during a hearing of the civil investigative committee on the October 7 massacre, in Tel Aviv, August 8, 2024.

Doha strike shows gov't does not want to bring back the hostages, former PM Olmert tells Al Jazeera


Is a nuclear Iran an existential threat?

A selection from Haim Ramon’s upcoming book provides his inside look into history as a longtime minister

 THEN-PRIME MINISTER Benjamin  Netanyahu delivers a statement to the  press regarding the Iranian nuclear  program, September 2019.

Grapevine September 17: Nasi jubilee

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

An Israeli flag is spread out on top of the president's residence for Independence Day

Olmert to Bennett: Your job isn’t to prove you’re more Right than Bibi

Incoming prime minister Bennett’s “job is to bring calm and not fall for the provocations and violence of Likud,” Olmert said.

Defense Minister Naftali Bennett and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Did Bennett teach Netanyahu a lesson this week?

Netanyahu family sues ex-PM Ehud Olmert for defamation

The former prime minister had called current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 'mentally ill' * Suit demands NIS 837,000 in damages.

Prime Minister Benjmain Netanyahu (L) and Ehud Olmert (R)

The return of the ‘two-state solution’ - opinion

With the advent of the Biden administration in the US, the phrase “two-state solution” appears to have returned to the forefront in the new US administration’s “reset” of its policy.

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during a meeting to discuss the UAE’S deal with Israel to normalize relations, in Ramallah last month.

Netanyahu family threatens to sue former PM Olmert for slander - report

In a recent interview given to Democrat TV the former prime minister referred to the Netanyahu family as "mentally ill"

Incoming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert speak on the plenum floor at the start of the swearing-in ceremony for Netanyahu's new government at parliament in Jerusalem March 31, 2009

Letters to the Editor March 24, 2021: Post-election dejection

Readers of the Jerusalem Post have their say

Letters

Ehud Olmert: Merav Michaeli is the change Israel needs in 2021

I’ve come a long way from being part of Betar, which was founded by Ze’ev Jabotinsky, from being among the founders of Likud and through all of the positions that I’ve held over the years.

LABOR PARTY leader Merav Michaeli speaks at a party conference in Hod Hasharon on Sunday.

Sheldon Adelson dwarfs Ehud Olmert's contributions to Israel - opinion

Olmert is still intimidated by a great American philanthropist, even after his passing.

SHELDON ADELSON (center), his wife Miriam, and then-prime minister Ehud Olmert attend a conference in Jerusalem in 2008.

Olmert: I hate everything Sheldon Adelson loved about Israel - opinion

Everything I love about Israel has nothing to do with Adelson.

SHELDON ADELSON attends an American Independence Day celebration in 2009.