Ehud Olmert

Haredi conscription debate threatens long-standing Israeli coalitions - opinion

Ultra-Orthodox parties face mounting political backlash as Israel’s war strains the reserve system and coalition stability.

MAY 17, 2026|ByORI WERTMAN

Ultra-Orthodox Jews clash with police outside the IDF Recruitment Center at Tel Hashomer, central Israel, April 28, 2025

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

Politicized NGOs and sympathetic media outlets continue amplifying unverified claims against Israel as fact.

MAY 16, 2026|ByGERALD M. STEINBERG

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

My Israeli Journey one of the most accurate, non-academic records of the years in which Mofaz served in the IDF and in his post-army service to his country.

MARCH 21, 2026|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert testifies during a hearing of the civil investigative committee on the October 7 massacre, in Tel Aviv, August 8, 2024

Canadian group calls for Olmert, Livni arrest over alleged war crimes

The Hind Rajab Foundation, a Belgian pro-Palestinian organization with terrorist ties, filed a formal complaint calling for Canadian officials to issue a warrant for Olmert and Livni's arrests

DECEMBER 4, 2025|ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN, YOAV ETIEL

Olmert defends Netanyahu from 'pathetic' Trump

Former PM known for animosity for his successor calls former president pathetic; Liberman: Trump right that Bibi just uses people

DECEMBER 13, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert speaks at the annual Jerusalem Post Conference held in New York City, USA. April 29, 2018.

Grapevine: Sweet carillon

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

DECEMBER 3, 2021ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

DIASPORA AFFAIRS MINISTER Nachman Shai arrives to the President’s Residence last month.

Grapevine November 19, 2021: Not talking Turkey

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

NOVEMBER 18, 2021ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

SWISS AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE Urs Bucher (from left), Gideon Hamburger and Prof. Gabi Barabash.

Is a nuclear Iran an existential threat?

A selection from Haim Ramon’s upcoming book provides his inside look into history as a longtime minister

NOVEMBER 4, 2021ByHAIM RAMON

THEN-PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to the press regarding the Iranian nuclear program, September 2019.

Grapevine September 17: Nasi jubilee

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

An Israeli flag is spread out on top of the president's residence for Independence Day

Olmert to Bennett: Your job isn’t to prove you’re more Right than Bibi

Incoming prime minister Bennett’s “job is to bring calm and not fall for the provocations and violence of Likud,” Olmert said.

JUNE 13, 2021ByLAHAV HARKOV

Defense Minister Naftali Bennett and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Did Bennett teach Netanyahu a lesson this week?

Netanyahu family sues ex-PM Ehud Olmert for defamation

The former prime minister had called current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 'mentally ill' * Suit demands NIS 837,000 in damages.

MAY 6, 2021ByYONAH JEREMY BOB, TOBIAS SIEGAL

Prime Minister Benjmain Netanyahu (L) and Ehud Olmert (R)

The return of the ‘two-state solution’ - opinion

With the advent of the Biden administration in the US, the phrase “two-state solution” appears to have returned to the forefront in the new US administration’s “reset” of its policy.

APRIL 24, 2021ByALAN BAKER