Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday that his country's disagreement with Britain over expanding settlements in the West Bank "should not stand in the way" of a peace agreement with the Palestinians.
Israeli police unveiled stunning new allegations against Prime
Minister Ehud Olmert on Friday, accusing him of getting multiple
sources to pay for the same trips abroad so he could pocket the
difference
Israeli investigators say they suspect Prime Minister Ehud Olmert asked multiple public organizations to cover the same expenses and pocketed the extra money when he was Jerusalem mayor and a government minister.
Despite demurrals from top intelligence chiefs, Israeli Prime Minister agrees to return prisoners to its foe Hizballah in exchange for two of its lost soldiers
Israeli lawmakers have reached a last-minute deal that will allow embattled Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to stay in power for a few more months. In exchange, Olmert's party agreed to hold primary elections by September 25.
A scandal engulfing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was pushed into the background as the embattled Israeli leader and President Bush declared their resolve against Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday that his country's disagreement with Britain over expanding settlements in the West Bank "should not stand in the way" of a peace agreement with the Palestinians.
Israeli police unveiled stunning new allegations against Prime
Minister Ehud Olmert on Friday, accusing him of getting multiple
sources to pay for the same trips abroad so he could pocket the
difference
Israeli investigators say they suspect Prime Minister Ehud Olmert asked multiple public organizations to cover the same expenses and pocketed the extra money when he was Jerusalem mayor and a government minister.
Despite demurrals from top intelligence chiefs, Israeli Prime Minister agrees to return prisoners to its foe Hizballah in exchange for two of its lost soldiers
Israeli lawmakers have reached a last-minute deal that will allow embattled Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to stay in power for a few more months. In exchange, Olmert's party agreed to hold primary elections by September 25.
A scandal engulfing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was pushed into the background as the embattled Israeli leader and President Bush declared their resolve against Iran
Israel's foreign minister warned the ruling Kadima party Thursday that it must be prepared to replace Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who is embroiled in a corruption probe, an aide said.
Israel's powerful defense minister on Wednesday called on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to step down amid a burgeoning corruption scandal and threatened to bring down the government if the Israeli leader does not comply
President Bush has blasted such negotiations, but that hasn't stopped Prime Minister Olmert from talking to three of Israel's implacable foes -- Hamas, Hizballah and Syria
A U.S. businessman testified Tuesday that thousands of dollars he donated or loaned to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for political reasons also appeared to pay for luxury expenses.
Israeli police investigators raided a ministerial building Tuesday and seized documents related to a fraud investigation of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, a police spokesman said.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, responding to fresh accusations that he illegally accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from a U.S. citizen, on Thursday said he will step down if he is indicted
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.
Authorities continue to investigate Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and a former top aide, and a court said Tuesday it may question a foreign national in connection with the probe.
Laying the groundwork for President Bush's upcoming trip to the Middle East, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians can be reached by the year's end.
Israel's plan to test its nationwide emergency response this week "is only a drill" and has nothing to do with "exaggerated" reports of heightened tensions with Syria, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday.
A Palestinian official said Sunday that Israel's plan to expand settlements in the West Bank was "like putting a stick in the wheels of the peace process."
An Israeli airstrike killed at least three Palestinians and wounded 16 others Sunday in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, Palestinian and Israeli sources said.
The U.S.-led push for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal by year's end has hit turbulence as U.S. President George W. Bush winds down his eight-day Mideast trip.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called his nation's continued construction in West Bank settlements a breach of Israel's obligations under a recently revived peace plan
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday international pressure on Iran has been effective and may need increasing -- despite a U.S. intelligence report that Tehran stopped work on nuclear weapons fours years ago.
Israeli police will recommend not charging Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for any involvement in the privatization of Bank Leumi, Israel's second-largest bank, police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld told CNN Thursday.
Calling this "a time of renewed hope," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced Wednesday a former NATO commander will step into a new role as U.S. special envoy for Mideast security.
Israeli and Palestinian leaders Monday expressed hope and optimism that a renewed peace effort will emerge from Tuesday's conference in Annapolis, Maryland.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will travel to Annapolis, Maryland, next week where they hope to jump-start the long-dormant Mideast peace process.
The Secretary of State is focused on getting the Israelis and Palestinians to show up at Bush's peace conference in Annapolis. Just what they'll accomplish there is far less certain
A Palestinian state alongside Israel is within reach, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday after talks with the Palestinian president and Israeli prime minister.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced Monday he will undergo a surgical procedure in the coming months to remove the early stages of a "cancerous tumor" in his prostate.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday that Iran's controversial nuclear program is "a major issue for the entire world" and called for stronger sanctions against Tehran.
A Palestinian militant cell planned to assassinate Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert during a recent visit to the West Bank city of Jericho, Israeli media reported Sunday.
Israel's attorney general has ordered police to carry out a criminal investigation into the purchase of a Jerusalem home by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, a statement by the Justice Ministry said.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas tackled the biggest issues dividing the two sides at their meeting on Tuesday -- final borders, Jerusalem and Palestinian refugees, an Israeli official said.
Israel has agreed to remove 178 Palestinian militants from its watch list after the armed fugitives signed a pledge renouncing attacks against Israel and accepted the principles of the group's new West Bank-based interim government.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will attend a four-way summit Monday sponsored by Egypt and intended to boost moderate Palestinian leaders like President Mahmoud Abbas, a spokesman for Olmert said Thursday.
The Middle East Quartet has invited Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to a June 25 meeting in Cairo, according to Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Ziad Abu Amir.
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday that he should resign over his handling of last summer's war in Lebanon.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas have agreed to meet every two weeks to discuss security issues and "build confidence," U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday at a news conference in Jerusalem.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has met German Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict after the two sides announced a revival of peace talks.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert have agreed to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in a three-way summit as a way to generate momentum for the stalled Middle East peace process, U.S. and Israeli officials said Monday.
Four Palestinians were killed and 25 wounded, including two journalists, Thursday during an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Israel is willing to transfer $100 million to Palestinians for humanitarian needs, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's spokeswoman said Saturday night after Olmert met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
According to The New York Times, the Bush Administration will appear before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to argue that it lacks the power to slow global warming by limiting the emission of harmful gases, in what may be the most important environmental case in many years.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict will be one of the issues discussed when Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert meets with President Bush on Monday, according to a White House statement.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday blamed a "technical error" for the military's tank shelling of Beit Hanoun that killed 19 Palestinian civilians, mostly women and children, according to a spokeswoman with the minister's office.
Nearly a month after the United Nations brokered a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah militants, British Prime Minister Tony Blair offered "sympathy and solidarity" to his Israeli counterpart Saturday for leading his country during difficult times.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has joined Israel's prime minister in calling for the unconditional release of two Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah in July -- which sparked the 34-day war between Israel and the Lebanon-based militant group.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday rejected an independent commission to investigate his government's handling of the war against Hezbollah militants in Lebanon.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Monday put no time limit on military operations in Gaza designed to free an Israeli soldier abducted two weeks ago and rout out Palestinian militants firing missiles into Israel.
President Bush said Tuesday that the United States would come to Israel's aid if it were attacked by Iran and welcomed the Jewish state's plan to define its borders.
Israeli stocks traded lower on Wednesday after the centrist Kadima Party won the most seats in Israel's parliament, but captured fewer seats than markets had expected.
Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is promising to work toward a compromise with the Palestinians after his Kadima party led parliamentary elections, but he warned: "We will not wait forever."
Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's 4-month-old centrist Kadima party took the largest share of parliamentary seats in elections Tuesday, according to Israeli media.
Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed Sunday not to take any step that would harm Israel's security following controversial talks with Hamas last week, Israel said.
New faces are being put on old problems -- creating new tension but perhaps also options -- for Israel and the Palestinians, says Guy Raz, CNN's Jerusalem correspondent.
Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warned Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to take action to disarm Hamas before it gains control of the Palestinian government.
Without negotiating with Palestinians, Israel plans to withdraw from the West Bank, but it will retain all major Jewish settlements and Jerusalem will remain intact, acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday in an interview.
Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday that the most important challenge facing the nation is "setting the permanent borders of the state of Israel to ensure a Jewish majority."
As Israeli diplomats departed for Russia on Tuesday to discuss deep concerns about Iran's nuclear facilities, acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said the Jewish state cannot allow Tehran to acquire nuclear weapons under any circumstances.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is flatly rejecting calls for him to resign after an announcement by prosecutors that they have indicted an Israeli businessman whom they accuse of bribing Sharon.
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