Under the legal doctrine of ‘universal jurisdiction’, any country can prosecute allegations of war crimes, regardless of the ...

He is a former leader in the rightist Likud Party who for decades staunchly believed that the West Bank and Gaza Strip belonged to the Jewish people and that the territories, along with the Golan ...

Last month, the Georgetown Dialogues Initiative and the Center for Jewish Civilization invited former Israeli Prime Minister ...

“I believe the majority of Israelis are sick and tired of these policies, these statements, and the terrible damage this government has caused," said Olmert. Former prime minister Ehud Olmert told CNN ...

Police are investigating whether Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert received money illegally while he was mayor of Jerusalem and the nation's minister of industry, trade and labor. Olmert denied the ...

After years of failed deals and tit-for-tat violence, neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians believe their adversaries will ever negotiate in good faith. By Lara Jakes It would take an eight- or 10 ...

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday that Israel would keep expanding a Jewish neighborhood in eastern Jerusalem, defying international criticism and triggering a spat with the Palestinians ahead of ...

It was an unlikely, even desperate courtship, born of one partner’s need and an opportunity for the other. But despite the warnings and protests of skeptics, Israel’s Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has ...

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, facing corruption allegations and plummeting approval ratings, announced Wednesday he will resign in September. The move threw his country into political turmoil ...

JERUSALEM, Jan. 10, 2006 — -- Ehud Olmert may be running the government of Israel, but he is not using the prime minister's office or sitting in Ariel Sharon's chair during Cabinet meetings.