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Israeli Leaders Furiously Jostle for Position by Ron Dermer Olmert's impending exit has Kadima colleagues Tsippi Livni and Shaul Mofaz angling for his job.

Olmert’s predicament could be chance for peace By Ray Hanania – Besieged Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced he will not seek re-election in the face of a growing wave of criminal investigations that have targeted his government conduct.

There are two factors that have destroyed the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians. Extremist violence on both sides and politics. In the violence, terrorists have used violence on both sides to stop the peace process.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has decided, after months of under the cloud of scandal, to step down after his Kadima party choses a new leader in September. The hope is to form a new government under the new leader and revive the party until next spring’s elections. Otherwise, Olmert could stay on until then.

Well, this puts a different spin on the Middle East peace process: Beleaguered Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced Wednesday he will not take part in his party's leadership contest in two months, and will step down to battle a corruption investigation against him once a new leader is in place.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said today that he is not going to run again as leader of the Kadima Party after the September 17 primary elections.  He’s leaving it for his Kadima successor to try and put together a governing coalition.  I’m not an Olmert fan — two summers ago, shelling an

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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert received more bad news for his political career. He is now accused of double charging the state for travel expenses while major of Jerusalem and as a member of the Knesset. This news emerged less than a week before his party, Kadima, is going to have an election for party chair.

" ........Comparing Iran with the 1939 Nazi Germany is ridiculous. Germany was a powerful, industrialized nation that had been defeated in World War I. It had grievances against the victors who had humiliated it. Germany's culture was such that many Germans blindly... read more

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has once again displayed unfathomable incompetence when it comes to defending his country. Earlier today, the Prime Minister convinced his Cabinet to agree to a “prisoner exchange” in which Hezbollah will deliver the remains of two dead Israeli soldiers in exchange