Ehud Olmert
Ehud Olmert
Ehud Olmert; born 30 September 1945) is an Israeli politician and lawyer. He served as Prime Minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009 and before that as a cabinet minister from 1988 to 1992 and from 2003 to 2006. Between his first and second stints as a cabinet member, he served as mayor of Jerusalem from 1993 to 2003...
NationalityIsraeli
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth30 September 1945
CountryIsrael
decision freeze
I think there was a decision to freeze it,
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Anyone involved in planning terror attacks will be a legitimate target for liquidation.
extreme head himself
Bibi Netanyahu has set himself up as the head of the extreme right wing,
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I very much hope that today's decision will be in effect for just a short period. I hope ... we will be able to bring a new government to parliament for approval as quickly as possible.
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And there was a soldier with a gun that just caught him in time to kill him before he was continuing his shooting.
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There won't remain a single Jew that we will need to defend beyond the fence.
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It's right that in certain polls there has been a little downturn, but I am sure that no one doubts who will form the next government.
faith judgment
I have faith in his judgment and in his sense of responsibility.
destroy personal wants
Bibi wants to destroy everything for his own personal interests.
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If the Palestinians agree to act soon, we will sit at the negotiating table in order to create a new reality ... . If they do not, Israel will take its fate into its own hands.
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I'm saying those things here and now out of a belief in the State of Israel's immense power and the immeasurable courage of its soldiers, military leaders, and security forces to hit any enemy and defeat any terrorist. Out of this sense of strength we must act with all our power in order to create hope for a different life for our young generation and that of our Palestinian neighbors.
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If our expected partners in the negotiations in the framework of the road map do not uphold their commitments, we will preserve the Israeli interest in every way.
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put Israel back into international isolation ... and cause friction with the United States -- our great friend -- and hostility with Europe.
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The direction is clear: We are headed toward a separation from the Palestinians. We are headed toward the determination of a permanent border for the state of Israel. We will protect Jerusalem's unity. We will hold onto the main settlement blocs. But the borders we have in mind are not those Israel has today.