Ehud Olmert

Will Israel's 2026 election represent Liberman’s swan song? – opinion

The chair of Yisrael Beytenu still has one more goal to achieve before he bids farewell to his illustrious political career.

Yisrael Beytenu leader MK Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 6, 2026
 Ultra-Orthodox Jews clash with police outside the IDF Recruitment Center at Tel Hashomer, central Israel, April 28, 2025

Haredi conscription debate threatens long-standing Israeli coalitions - opinion

Writer Nicholas D. Kristof poses for photographers on the red carpet as he arrives for the TIME 100 Gala in Manhattan, New York, US, April 26, 2016.

‘The New York Times’ and the grotesque NGO ‘halo effect’ - opinion

Shaul Mofaz at a Kadima rally, 2009.

'My Israeli Journey': Shaul Mofaz recounts battles, politics, and family - review


New JLM Russian-Orthodox museum opening disrupted by pro-Ukraine protests

Aimed at commemorating the Russian-Orthodox pilgrimages to Jerusalem that began in 1882, the museum's inauguration ceremony was disturbed by protestors shouting "Glory to Ukraine."

 PEOPLE GATHER outside a European Union emergency foreign ministers meeting in Brussels in 2014, to protest against Russian troops in Ukraine. We need to internalize that this is not Russia’s first seizure of territory – remember Crimea in 2014.

Netanyahu: 'I have no psychiatric history' — Olmert defamation case opens

Benjamin Netanyahu was the first witness in the high-profile defamation case filed by the Netanyahus against his predecessor in the legal battle of prime ministers. 

Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu heading to the courtroom for the Netanyahu's defamation case against former prime minister Ehud Olmert.

When Elovitch linked himself to Netanyahu via Filber - analysis

Monday's trial for Case 4000 saw a rare moment which connected all of the media bribery dots.

A court hearing in the trial against former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the District Court in Jerusalem on March 23, 2022.

Court rejects Olmert request for Sara Netanyahu health records

The court did require the Netanyahus to answer non-private health questions, though these answers also might be less helpful to Ehud Olmert's defense.

Sara Netanyahu at the 2021 International Bible Contest for Youth on Thursday, Israel's Independence Day, April 15, 2021.

Netanyahu: Olmert request for Sara's health records extortion, improper

The dispute is part of the broader defamation lawsuit by the Netanyahus against Ehud Olmert following the latter calling the former's mental health into doubt in two interviews last year.

 FORMER PRIME Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Shas MK Arye Deri and ex-president Moshe Katsav – three different plea deals with different endings.

Grapevine January 26, 2022: Champion for justice

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 MIRIAM NAOR in January 2015, when receiving her appointment as president of the Supreme Court from then-president of the state Reuven Rivlin.

Netanyahu family in court: Olmert demands evidence to challenge Sara's mental health

The Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court judge unlikely to approve the motion, but the two sides could have extended court fight.

 Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his wife Sara and his son Yair attend a preliminary hearing of the defamation lawsuit filed by them against Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, in Magistrate Court in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 10, 2022.

Letters to the editor January 12, 2022: Hell-ben on our destruction

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

Letters

Netanyahu v. Olmert: Stylish insult and witty repartee - analysis

The Netanyahu v. Olmert defamation trial makes Israel look ridiculous around the world and to the Israeli public, resulting in a lack of respect for Israel's leaders.

Incoming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert speak on the plenum floor at the start of the swearing-in ceremony for Netanyahu's new government at parliament in Jerusalem March 31, 2009

Netanyahu, Olmert refuse court offer to settle defamation trial

Judge warns sides they are diving into a ‘circus’

 Netanyahu with his wife at his defamation trial January 10, 2022.