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


Candidly Speaking : Our age of miracles may hold lost opportunities

For the first time since Oslo, there is political consensus in Israel on how to relate to the Palestinian conflict.

For the first time, a US administration has rebutted the false Palestinian narrative and exposed their duplicity at the international level, including the rabidly anti-Israel United Nations.

Olmert: Abbas is Israel's best negotiating partner

Palestinian leader willing to hold Quartet-led talks with Israel on the basis of the 2008 Annapolis process he had engaged in with Olmert.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert hold a news conference in New York

Letters to the Editor February 9, 2020: The Olmert/Abbas show at the UN

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

Letters

Kushner: Abbas, Olmert jealous they couldn’t bring about peace themselves

Jared Kushner spoke out against Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday, saying that they are jealous of the peace plan for having the potential to accomplish what they could not.

US President Donald Trump and senior adviser Jared Kushner leave the World Economic Forum, 2020.

The shocking wage gap

I question the state’s priorities when making decisions regarding the distribution of public funds, since clearly certain sectors of Israeli society are being paid much larger wages than others.

YOU CAN play around with the statistics and make all sorts of complicated calculations, but at the end of the day, it’s clear that the fact that teachers receive such low salaries means that there’s no incentive for young people to choose education as a career.’

Olmert event on Abbas’ agenda for NY trip to condemn Israel

The two will hold a joint event when Abbas travels to New York to urge the UN Security Council to condemn Israel.

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert

Peace plan unveiling: A little like a Purim party

Ehud Olmert says that this party won't end well.

US President Donald Trump welcomes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House

The Trump plan is a win for victory and peace

“Only when the Palestinians abandon their irredentist claim on Israel can they make progress and build their polity, economy, society and culture.”

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a joint news conference with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to announce a new Middle East peace plan proposal in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., January 28, 2020

This peace plan comes with a map, why is this significant? - analysis

What is significant, is that this is the first time any plan has come with an actual map.

The new Israeli-Palestinian border map

Leave Iran to the Americans

The removal of Iranian IRGC Maj.-Gen. Qasem Soleimani in an efficient, limited action by the US on January 3, was a praiseworthy move.

IRAN’S SUPREME LEADER Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani pray near the coffin of Qassem Soleimani in Tehran, last week.