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Ehud Olmert (/ ˈ oʊ l m ər t,-m ɛər t /; Hebrew: אֶהוּד אוֹלְמֶרְט, IPA: [eˈhud ˈolmeʁt] ⓘ; born 30 September 1945) is an Israeli politician and lawyer. He served as the 12th prime minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009 and before that as a cabinet minister from 1988 to 1992 and from 2003 to 2006.
Jun 8, 2024 · Ehud Olmert (born September 30, 1945, near Binyamina, Palestine [now in Israel]) is an Israeli politician who served as mayor of Jerusalem (1993–2003) and as prime minister of Israel (2006–09).
May 13, 2014 · Ehud Olmert was sentenced to six years in prison, a two-year suspended term, and a fine of NIS 1 million ($289,000) in the Tel Aviv District Court on Tuesday, with the judge issuing a...
Oct 16, 2023 · Even before the onset of war, public support for a two-state solution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was falling, with only 35 percent of Israelis believing both states could coexist ...
Ahead of the elections for the 16th Knesset, Olmert served as head of the Likud election headquarters in 2003, and when Ariel Sharon assembled the 30th Government, Olmert was appointed Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor.
Security services alerted then-prime minister Ehud Olmert, requesting authorization to launch a strike to assassinate eight of the terrorist group’s leaders in one devastating swoop.
Feb 9, 2006 · In 1993 Olmert scored a decisive victory against the popular Teddy Kolleck in a race to be mayor of Jerusalem, and became the first member of the Likud party or its...
Nov 1, 2023 · EHUD OLMERT: No one who is a civilian, innocent, uninvolved person is a legitimate target, but a number of people concentrated in the areas which are attacked by Israel are not innocent civilians.
Ehud Olmert, Israeli Ex-Prime Minister, Granted Early Release from Prison. He is expected to be freed on Sunday, after a parole board cut short his sentence for bribery, obstruction of...
Jul 2, 2017 · JERUSALEM (AP) — Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert left prison Sunday after winning early release from a parole board, capping an ignominious chapter of Israeli history that transformed the once-powerful leader into the first premier ever to be placed behind bars.
