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Olmert the Etrog?

                   
commentarymagazine.com
May 21, 2008
        
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John wrote about this already, but I want to put in my two cents. Less than a day has passed since the Israeli Supreme Court dealt a major blow to Ehud Olmert’s bid to stay out of jail, by ruling that Israeli Police may take a deposition from the New York businessman who allegedly bribed [...] [read full story]                    

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Syrian-Israeli Negotiations: Olmert's Deft Golan Deal

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Olmert in the Shadows

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spiegel.de: Olmert lacks public and political support for his plan to return the Golan Heights to Syria. spiegel.de

Syrian-Israeli Negotiations: Olmert's Deft Golan Deal

spiegel.de
May 22, 2008
        

Eight years after the failure of the last round of negotiations, Israel and Syria are again seeking a peace settlement. With the possible return of the Golan Heights, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is presenting himself as an apostle of peace. But leading politicians claim he's just trying to divert...

Analysis: Olmert Buying Time--but How much?

israelnationalnews.com
May 22, 2008
        

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's timing the announcement of indirect talks with Syria while a criminal probe has increased suspicions against him enables him to buy time, Voice of Israel government radio political analyst Hanan Kristal said Thursday morning. He pointed out that even Knesset Member...

                   

Olmert's Syria peace bid 'just a spin' (AAP)

yahoo.com
May 21, 2008
        

Israeli MPs have dismissed Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's announcement of renewed peace talks with Syria as a bid to divert attention from the latest corruption inquiry against him. And the head of a Jewish settler group accused Olmert of putting Israel in danger with the launch of the indirect...

Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert attends a session of parliament ...

yahoo.com
May 21, 2008
        

Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert attends a session of parliament in Jerusalem May 21, 2008. Israel and Syria said on Wednesday they had launched indirect peace talks mediated by Turkish officials in Istanbul, the first confirmation of negotiations between the two neighbours in eight years....

                   

MPs slam Olmert's Syria peace bid

news.com.au
May 21, 2008
        

Article from: Agence France-Presse From correspondents in Jerusalem ISRAELI MPs have dismissed Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's announcement of renewed peace talks with Syria as a bid to divert attention from the latest corruption inquiry against him. And the head of a Jewish settler group accused Mr...

                   

'Olmert will trade Golan to save his skin'

jnewswire.com
May 21, 2008
        

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, increasingly desperate in the face of advanced criminal investigations against him, had his office drop a political bombshell on the country Wednesday by announcing that Israel and Syria are holding peace talks in Turkey. This suspicion was the instinctive...

                   

Olmert's Worst Act

israelnationalnews.com
May 21, 2008
        

Ehud Olmert has just done immense damage to the State of Israel—damage that dwarfs anything he might have done at Annapolis, indeed anything he has done in his checkered public career. In the wild hope of saving himself from an indictment that now seems almost certain, he has involved Israel in...

Arab MK: Olmert Using Golan To Try To Save Himself

israelnationalnews.com
May 21, 2008
        

National Democratic Assembly (Balad) Knesset Member Said Naffaa said Wednesday afternoon that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced indirect talks with Syria in an effort to save himself politically. "Peace with Syria is necessary for all sides [but] Prime Minister Olmert is too weak to take such...

                   

Olmert's Lawyers Want Further Ban on Talansky's Exit

israelnationalnews.com
May 21, 2008
        

Lawyers for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his former bureau director Shula Zaken have appealed to the Jerusalem District Court to extend the ban that has kept American businessman Morris Talansky in the country before he completes testifying in the criminal probe against the Prime Minister. The...

Olmert says he hopes Abbas not to resign

xinhuanet.com
May 21, 2008
        

JERUSALEM, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that he hopes Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will stay in his position as the two sides are trying to reach a peace deal within 2008, British daily The Times reported Wednesday. Abbas, who repeatedly expressed pessimism...

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