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
prime responsibility
Every prime minister ... has the responsibility to provide security for his people.
advise government israel negotiate sit terrorist
I don't know that there is one serious American representative that will advise Israel to sit with a terrorist government and negotiate with them.
doctors healthy
My doctors say I am very healthy.
iran government terrorist
Iran is an anti-Semitic, terrorist government.
reality miracle looks
Look, miracles in the Middle East are a reality.
dream desire missions
There is nothing that I'd love to do more than negotiate with Palestinians. This is my desire. This is my dream. This is my mission.
israel ceasefire
There is no ceasefire. There will not be any ceasefire.
israel iran president
When the President of Iran talks about removing Israel from the face of the Earth and is building nuclear bombs with a range of 3000km, you have to be worried.
thinking israel violent
I never thought that Syria and Israel should engage in a violent confrontation because I don't think that there is any particular interest for any of us to do it.
war iraq impact
I know the war in Iraq is controversial in the States, but for us in the Middle East it has made a great and significant impact.
israel emotion carried-away
In Israel we tend to be carried away by our emotions.
thinking israel differences
Who thinks seriously that if we sit on another hilltop, on another hundred meters, that this is what will make the difference for the state of Israel's basic security?
retirement thinking ramifications
I have to think about the possible ramifications of an early retirement.
country
I love my country more than anything else.