Olmert Says Israel Should Pull Out of West Bank

Sep. 30, 2008

In an unusually frank interview, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert discarded longstanding Israeli defense doctrine.

Israel to free 250 Palestinian prisoners

JERUSALEM, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday Israel will release 250 Palestinian prisoners next month in a goodwill gesture to moderate leader Mahmoud Abbas.

Olmert: Israel will target truce-breakers

JERUSALEM, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Israel will target Palestinians who break the fragile Gaza truce reached with the militant group Hamas, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says.

Olmert, Bush prepare for final meeting

JERUSALEM, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert plans one last pitch to U.S. President Bush later this month before both leaders leave office, associates say.

Israeli P.M.: Bush is friend of Israel

JERUSALEM, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Whatever his approval ratings may be in the United States as he prepares to leave office, President Bush has a big fan in Israel, the lame duck prime minister.

Israeli lawmaker sues to stop peace talks

JERUSALEM, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- A conservative Israeli lawmaker says she has filed suit to stop outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert from engaging in further Syrian peace talks.

Barak: Keep working to free Gilad Shalit

JERUSALEM, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Saturday the country's interim government should keep working toward securing the release of a kidnapped soldier.

Israel plans more Syria security talks

JERUSALEM, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert plans to resume indirect security talks with Syria soon, angering right-wing lawmakers, a senior government official says.

Feb. 10 set as Election Day in Israel

JERUSALEM, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Members of the Israeli Knesset say Feb. 10, 2009, will serve as Election Day for the country's top political positions.

Olmert investigators to leave for U.S.

JERUSALEM, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Israeli officials will go to the United States to complete corruption investigations allegedly involving Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, sources say.

Wobbly Israeli stock exchanges re-open

TEL AVIV, Israel, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Sunday called for new discussions on how the global financial upheaval will affect his country's economy.

Israel religious rioting enters fifth day

ACRE, Israel, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Sporadic rioting hit the northern Israeli city of Acre for a fifth day Sunday despite a massive police presence, officials said.

Olmert: Linking cease-fire to Shalit wrong

JERUSALEM, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says linking the cease-fire in the Gaza Strip to the release of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit was a mistake.

Olmert urges halt of Russia-Iran arms deal

MOSCOW, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met Tuesday for one-on-one talks in Moscow.

Olmert quizzed again in corruption probe

JERUSALEM, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was questioned by police Thursday for an eighth time in his corruption investigation, officers say.

Israeli prime minister backs withdrawal

JERUSALEM, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says Israel will have to withdraw from nearly all of the West Bank and East Jerusalem if it wants peace with the Palestinians.