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.

 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

Shaul Mofaz at a Kadima rally, 2009.

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

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 reason for Disengagement: Sharon wished to avoid jail

The answer is that it had nothing to do with peace or war.

PRIME MINISTER Ariel Sharon in 2006.

Israel's healthcare system is crumbling under Netanyahu

Everything that is happening now could have been predicted with respect to how COVID-19-related issues have been handled over the past few months.

Then-minister without a portfolio Tzachi Hanegbi catches the ear of then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset in 2016.

June 29, 2020: Dissolving illusions

Readers of the Jerusalem Post have their say.

Letters

Olmert: UAE leaders took daring steps for peace; Will Israel, Palestinians follow?

The former prime minister in dialogue with editor-in-chief Yaakov Katz

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at the Global Investment Forum 2021

Ehud Olmert: Netanyahu will go to prison for many years

Prime Minister will go to jail for many years says former prime minister.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert attend a handover ceremony at the residence of President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem April 1, 2009

Gantz, don’t surrender your principles to Bibi

THE IDEA that Netanyahu and Gantz would sit down and shake hands just weeks after vicious attacks by members of Likud was beyond the imagination.

BENNY GANTZ meets with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Jerusalem earlier this week.

The Court’s independence and the threats it faces

The prime minister in this transitional government will ultimately drag the nation in the end to a fourth round of elections.

SUPREME COURT President Esther Hayut shares the bench with Justice Uri Shoham.

Former PM Ehud Olmert: Liar Netanyahu's career is over

Olmert says, "I met Abbas, he met murderers."

Foremer prime minister Ehud Olmert speaks at the Maariv Business Conference on February 26, 2020

Former IAF pilots to Rivlin: Don’t let Netanyahu form coalition

The Sunday letter joins the Professors letter from early February.

RIVLIN

Ehud Olmert to Reuven Rivlin: Please expunge my records

The former prime minister requested President Rivlin expunge his records, opening his path back into politics.

Former prime minister Ehud Olmert at the 7th Annual JPost Conference in NY