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Ehud Olmert

Good Morning, Ehud

By Uri AvneryIn colloquial Israeli Hebrew, when someone discovers something that everybody else already knows, we say: "Good morning, Elijahu!"Why Elijahu? I don't know. Now one could say: "Good morning, Ehud!"That's what I...

A 16 year old lie

In an editorial, the Washington Post writes: AFTER ISRAELI Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir was voted out of office in 1992, he gave an interview in which he revealed he had never been serious about peace negotiations with the...

World › France warns of Israeli strike on Iran nuclear sites

Monday 06th October, 05:23 AM JST JERUSALEM — Visiting French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner warned that Israel would strike archfoe Iran before it was able to develop nuclear weapons, in comments published on Sunday. “I...

Israeli settler violence on the rise

There's concern in Israel that a radical fringe group of the settler movement is getting bigger and more violent. In the past, the radical element was reckoned to be a few dozen - but senior military figures say it's now in the...

Finance minister refuses to enlarge budget

Ronnie Bar-On told the cabinet that there is no real cause for concern. Lilach Weissman 5 Oct 08 13:44 "There are no signs for serious concern at the moment," Minister of Finance Ronnie Bar-On told the cabinet today, as he...

French FM Says Mideast Peace Deal Unlikely in 2008

04/10/2008 A Middle East peace deal is unlikely by the end of the year, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Saturday, while urging Israelis and Palestinians to continue US-backed negotiations. But now we all know...

Go With The Gut...

ISRAEL] There is skepticism whether newly elected Kadima party leader Tzipi Livni will be able to pursue an independent line of thought. The pattern of her behavior has been more to assist others, like former PM Ariel Sharon....

Mideast peace meet planned for November, says report

JERUSALEM: Israel, the Palestinians and the Middle East Quartet will meet in November to review progress in US-backed peace talks launched nearly a year ago, Israel's Haaretz newspaper reported on Thursday.Citing a senior...

Are You Ready for President Palin?

by Don Monkerud ( monkerud [at] cruzio.com ) How did Palin and Biden fare in the debate? Despite setting extremely low expectations, Republicans showed relief that Sarah Palin didn't blow the vice presidential debate. “My...

Bush will treat as done deals key issues only broached in Israel-Palestinian talks

US president George W. Bush went over Israel’s head last week and promised Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to hand on to his successor as done deals the issues covered in the talks Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert and...