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Ehud Olmert’s long goodbye
Israel’s ill-conceived prisoner trade
Savage says: Olmert leading Israelis to ‘gas chamber’
Israeli official: We’ll strike if Iran doesn’t drop nukes effort *
Olmert’s American visit: Parading an embarassment
Livni joins chorus urging Israel’s Olmert to step down
Probe of Olmert could derail peace process
The corruption investigation of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, which is threatening to bring down the Israeli government, potentially may have far-reaching consequences for Middle East peacemaking.
‘Not Israel’s deepest thinker’
NY Post: Financier allegedly bribed Israel’s Olmert
Top Ten Signs we’re making progress towards peace
Since none of them is offering any evidence to back up their optimism, here is my Top 10 list of signs of progress to look for in your cup of Mideast tea leaves to help you judge whether this peace process is serious:
YU’s rosh yeshiva cracks a bad joke
Rice presses, Israel eases up on Palestinians
For the first time since the Annapolis peace parley last November, the United States is leaning heavily on Israel to move ahead in peacemaking with the Palestinians.
Olmert: ‘has no core, no Tablets of Stone’
And now, the fake news
‘Olmert’s fatal flaw is arrogance’
Peace in the Mideast remains an illusion
President Bush's historic visit to Israel and the Middle East can only delay the inevitable disappointment.
Why? It follows the enormous anticipation of the Annapolis conference in late 2007 -- a conference the overwhelming majority of Israelis believe failed. Since then, the expectations of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, as expressed in Annapolis, that an agreement can be ready in 2008, have proven to be naive and utterly unrealistic.
Messianic rabbi: Olmert should be ‘hanged from the gallows’
‘Two-state solution’ faces a hornets’ nest
That is why both Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni spoke as forcefully on behalf of a two-state solution as they did in Annapolis -- as, not incidentally, did Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, as well. Now comes the hard part, the part so filled with trip wires. Already in Israel, the naysayers are shouting from the rooftops, and the admirable resolve that was on such vivid display in Annapolis seems to be receding. The stakes, this time around, are enormous: Failure to move responsibly toward a two-state agreement would likely consign the idea to the ash heap of history and ensure a future not less bloody than the past. That is a haunting specter; its implications should weigh heavily on the attitude of all those who hold Israel dear.
Will Annapolis momentum spur a regional thaw?
Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas may have bridged the necessary gaps to issue a joint commitment to pursue peace, but their words in Annapolis revealed the substantial distance they have yet to travel.
Prospects for results from Annapolis seem dim
Days away from the Annapolis peace parley, the glaring weaknesses of both the Israeli and Palestinian leaders are raising significant questions about the long-term viability of the renewed peace process and the consequences of failure.
Briefs: Rice says Abbas can do, Peres talks Turkey, Olmert suspected
News briefs.
Briefs: Cancer helps Olmert poll numbers, Mrs. El Presidente in Argentina—still good for the Jews
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Israel pushes world-wide diplomatic offensive to stop Iran
In a major policy change, Israel has launched a high-profile diplomatic initiative to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions following President Bush's warning that a nuclear Iran could produce World War III.
Briefs: Olmert tells OU Jerusalem not negotiable; Temple Mount digging may cause problems
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Briefs: Sukkah at UC Davis vandalized; Poll: Israelis want united Jerusalem
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Olmert straddles line between hawks and doves
With the planned Middle East summit in Washington less than two months away, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is caught in an ideological battle between his party's doves and hawks.
Briefs: U.S. House approves Iran divestment; Olmert real estate deals probed; Barghouti seen leading
US News Briefs on Middle East
Briefs: Olmert numbers rise after mystery Syria raid, Bolton backs Iran attack
News briefs.
Olmert to forfeit Jerusalem’s Old City?
Olmert won’t take the American approach to prop up Israeli governmental structure
Under pressure from a key coalition partner, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has promised to pass legislation for a stronger and more stable government. But Israel will remain a parliamentary democracy and will not adopt the American-style presidential system some reformers have been advocating.
Everybody into the bomb shelter!
Briefs: Hebron settlers removed, Olmert plans land swap, Romney backs off Hezbollah
News briefs.
Olmert downgrades aid from American Jews
And as we've seen this week, God -- or human resourcefulness -- has blessed a quick reconstruction of northern Israel. But Olmert's comments seemed particularly ungrateful because he spoke not only to the American journalists, but also to some top officials of the United Jewish Communities (UJC).
My meeting with Israeli PM Ehud Olmert
The Second Lebanon War—one year later
One year after the Second Lebanon War, Israel's northern front is quiet, U.N. forces are patrolling the border area and Hezbollah fighters have been pushed back deep inside Lebanese territory.
Sharm summit talks expose the devil in the details
How to turn the disaster of the Hamas' capture of Gaza into a political opportunity was the main focus of this week's four-way summit in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheik.
With Hamas out of the West Bank, Olmert sees new peace push
With a new government emerging in the West Bank, one without Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert believes that Israel and the Palestinians can resume peace talks from where they left off when Hamas swept to power in national elections 18 months ago.
Israel’s military image—then and now
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Incumbency aids Olmert in surviving party ‘coup’
By all accounts, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert should have been history. The Winograd Commission's interim report issued April 30 on last summer's second Lebanon War could not have been more scathing. The paragraph on the prime minister's responsibility for the failures and shortcomings in top-level decision-making speaks for itself.
What now after Winograd?
With "failure" officially stamped on Ehud Olmert's management of last summer's war against Hezbollah in Lebanon, the question is: What happens now?
Olmert's approval ratings
Cartoon.
Briefs: Olmert; Katsav; Israel population hits 7.15 million; Neo-Nazis protest March of the Living
World briefs.
Pelosi’s delegation to Syria—who said what to whom?
Did Rep. Nancy Pelosi drop the ball in the Middle East? Was she fouled? Was there a ball at all?
Pelosi-Palooza
To paint the Pelosi trip as anything less than helpful to American and Israeli interests, and to depict Pelosi and those who accompanied her as anything less than firm and diplomatic in representing American interests, is foolish.
Briefs: JTS to admit gay rabbinical students, Saudi Arabia bars Israeli journalist
News briefs.
Briefs: New Palestinian coalition government sworn in, Israel rejects new Palestinian coalition gove
News Briefs
Sacha Baron Cohen saluted at Israel Film Festival
"This is really a fantastic honor," Cohen said. "It will go in the center of my mantelpiece -- behind my Golden Globe," he joked.
Olmert-Rice-Abbas summit meets low expectations
What happens next will depend on how skillfully the parties maneuver in trying to advance their often disparate agendas.
Reports shed new light on irrational Iran debate
Nearly two weeks ago, Ted Koppel contributed some desperately needed perspective to the irrational debate about Iran and its so-called nuclear threat. It was something we did not hear days before, listening to Binyamin Netanyahu and Ehud Olmert at the General Assembly (GA) of the United Jewish Communities in Los Angeles.
Wary Olmert takes chance on Gaza cease-fire
Disappointed by cease-fires so often in the past, but casting an eye to a better future, Israelis greeted this week's cease-fire announcement in the Gaza Strip with a mixture of skepticism, fear and hope.
Three peace plans seek to fill Mideast vacuum
After rejecting a new European peace initiative, Israeli leaders are gearing up for more international efforts to restart the Israeli-Palestinian negotiating process on terms unfavorable to Israel.
Olmert Promises Students: Iran ‘Danger Will Be Removed;’ Sderot Children’s Heartfelt Drawings Come t
world news briefs
Israel will meet Iran threat, Olmert vows to General Assembly
The annual summit meeting of North American Jewish leaders climaxed Tuesday with an affirmation by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that "Israel will not shy away from challenging Iran's development of nuclear weapons."
Briefs: Olmert upbeat on U.S. ties; Hamas names new leader; Olmert’s lesbian daughter slams Jerusale
world news briefs
Livini to GA: We must tell Israel’s story through a human lens
One of Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni top priorities is to close the gap between Israel's militant image abroad and the reality of a vibrant, multi-faceted nation. In her address Sunday afternoon to the opening session of General Assembly (GA) of the United Jewish Communities (UJC) in Los Angeles, Livni pledged "to invest a lot of time and money" in a Brand Israel campaign to project the country through a human lens.
Noteworthy sessions and events at the G.A.
Noteworthy sessions and events at the General Assembly
Olmert’s embrace of hawks could cost him Labor support in coaliton
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is bringing a hawkish party into his coalition, guaranteeing him the support of 78 members of the 120-seat Knesset and possibly one of the most stable governments in Israeli history.
Lawsuit Filed in Granada Hills Jewish Community Center Shooting
World News; Lawsuit Filed in Granada Hills Jewish Community Center Shooting; Young Quits After 'Hurtful' Remarks; Olmert Pressed on War Inquiry; Diaspora Money Heads North; Israeli Officials Face Sexual-Harassment Charges; Israeli Children Anxious After War; Major Israeli Writer Dies; Israel: Hezbollah Used Russian Weapons; Jewish-Owned Market in Moscow Bombed; Restaurant in India Named After Hitler; Annan Chides Iran on Holocaust Cartoons.
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