<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Ehud Olmert: News &amp; Videos about Ehud Olmert - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Ehud_Olmert</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Ehud Olmert from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:26:46 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Ehud Olmert: News &amp; Videos about Ehud Olmert - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/WORLD/meast/09/25/olmert.trial/tztop.olmert.afp.gi.jpg</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Ehud_Olmert</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Ehud Olmert from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Olmert pleads innocence as fraud trial opens</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/25/olmert.trial/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/25/olmert.trial/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert proclaimed his innocence in a Jerusalem court as proceedings began Friday in his high-profile corruption trial.</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ex-Israeli leader Olmert charged in corruption probe</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/30/olmert.indictment/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/30/olmert.indictment/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been indicted on a variety of corruption charges in a probe that dogged his last months in office, prosecutors announced Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israeli police disable car bomb outside crowded shopping mall</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/22/israel.bombing.attempt/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/22/israel.bombing.attempt/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A "huge disaster" was averted when a car bomb, set to go off outside a shopping mall, was disabled before it exploded, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Talks continue over kidnapped Israeli soldier</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/16/israel.soldier/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/16/israel.soldier/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert postponed a Cabinet meeting scheduled for Monday as talks aimed at securing the release of a kidnapped Israeli soldier were extended.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israelis protest for captured soldier</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/13/soldier.support/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/13/soldier.support/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Hundreds of people in Israel made a show of support Friday for the parents of abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel's Olmert may face corruption charges</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/02/israel.corruption/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/02/israel.corruption/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Israel's attorney general says he is considering charging Prime Minister Ehud Olmert with corruption over allegations he illegally received funds from an American businessman.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Kadima hoping to hold onto power</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/06/israel.elections.kadima.livni/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/06/israel.elections.kadima.livni/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>CNN.com profiles the leading parties and party leaders ahead of Tuesday's Israeli elections.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Olmert: Attack on Gaza was 'unavoidable'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/04/gaza.reaction/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/04/gaza.reaction/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told his Cabinet Sunday he had "no alternative" but to order a ground incursion in Gaza to end Hamas rocket attacks on southern Israel.</description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Olmert: Attack on Gaza was "unavoidable"</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/04/gaza.olmert/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/04/gaza.olmert/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told his Cabinet Sunday he had "no alternative" but to order a ground incursion in Gaza to end Hamas rocket attacks on southern Israel.</description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:56:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Israeli PM: Settlers' actions tantamount to 'pogrom'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/07/israel.olmert.pogrom/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/07/israel.olmert.pogrom/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert opened his weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday with sharp words for Jewish settlers who opened fire on Palestinians last week, saying their actions constituted a "pogrom."</description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Olmert's Lame-Duck Epiphany About Palestinian Peace</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1845831,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1845831,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>As Israel's embattled prime minister prepares to leave office, he issues a series of stunning departure statements</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Olmert Decries 'Wind of Extremism' in Israel</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1845237,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1845237,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>An "evil wind of extremism" is threatening Israel's democracy, outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warned Sunday</description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>What Olmert's Resignation Means for Israel</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1843240,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1843240,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Although he remains as head of an interim government, the task of forging a new coalition falls to Tzipi Livni, Olmert's replacement as head of the Kadima party</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israeli PM Olmert hands in resignation</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/21/israel.olmert/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/21/israel.olmert/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert handed in his resignation to President Shimon Peres on Sunday, Peres announced.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel PM Olmert Tells Cabinet He Will Resign</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1843160,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1843160,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Israel's corruption-tainted prime minister told his Cabinet that he would step down, following through on a promise to allow the new leader of the ruling party to try to form a coalition government</description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 09:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Livni Wins Party Vote to Succeed Olmert in Israel</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1842147,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1842147,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Tzipi Livni wins a close race (by fewer than 500 votes) to become the new leader of Israel's ruling Kadima Party</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Who Will Follow Olmert as Israeli Prime Minister?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1841628,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1841628,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Israel's ruling party stages a primary, forcing its members to choose between moving right and moving left</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel's Olmert Prepares for His Last Act 
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1841330,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1841330,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Israel's prime minister is  bound for the political scrapheap. In his last days, could he become a peacemaker? </description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Olmert to Resign as Israel PM</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1840755,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1840755,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Ehud Olmert pledged Thursday to immediately resign as Israel's prime minister once his party chooses his successor as leader next week</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Olmert Charges Grow More Likely</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1839408,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1839408,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Israel's top police officers recommend that the Prime Minister be indicted for alleged fraud and bribery</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israeli police recommend charges for PM Olmert</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/07/olmert/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/07/olmert/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Israeli police on Sunday recommended that outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert be indicted on corruption charges stemming from two investigations, a police spokesman said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israeli PM to free up to 150 prisoners, officials say</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/06/israel.prisoner.release/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/08/06/israel.prisoner.release/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert agreed Wednesday to release between 120 and 150 Palestinian prisoners by the end of the month, officials told CNN.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Olmert Questioned Again in Probe</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1828930,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1828930,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Israeli police questioned Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Friday for the fourth time in a corruption investigation that has brought about his political downfall</description><pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 04:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel After Olmert</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1828155,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1828155,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A widely reviled Prime Minister quits, reminding his people of the political stalemate over which he presided</description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice says peace talks go on despite Olmert quitting</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/30/mideast.rice/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/30/mideast.rice/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the resignation of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will not affect efforts to reach a Mideast peace deal before the end of the year.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Olmert Dims Hopes for Peace Deal</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1827666,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1827666,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Israelis and Palestinians are unlikely to agree even on a hypothetical peace plan being promoted by the Bush Administration
</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel's prime minister to step down</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/30/israel.olmert/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/30/israel.olmert/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Scandal-hit Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced Wednesday that he will not be his party's leader going into the next election.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Olmert to Step Down in September</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1827930,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1827930,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced Wednesday he will resign in September, raising doubts about progress for U.S.-backed Mideast peace efforts</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Olmert not confident of peace deal this year</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/28/israel.olmert/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/28/israel.olmert/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert does not believe a peace accord with the Palestinians can be reached by the end of the year, according to a senior Israeli official.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Olmert Doubts Peace Deal In 2008
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1827041,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1827041,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he doesn't believe a peace accord can be reached with the Palestinians in 2008</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Olmert: Settlements should not impede peace</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/21/brown.israel/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/21/brown.israel/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Olmert: Never Closer to Peace</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1822294,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1822294,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says that Israel and the Palestinians have never been closer to a peace deal</description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Will Scandal Finally Engulf Olmert?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1822069,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1822069,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A new set of interrogations pushes Israel's prime minister deeper into flame-out mode. Will his party and his country finally give him the heave-ho?</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Allegations in Olmert Scandal</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1821990,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1821990,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>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</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israeli police widen Olmert probe</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/11/olmert.probe/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/11/olmert.probe/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israeli PM avoids early elections</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/25/israel.olmert/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/25/israel.olmert/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israeli PM Scandal Takes Back Seat</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1811989,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1811989,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>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</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ruling party 'must be ready' to replace Olmert</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/29/israel.olmert/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/29/israel.olmert/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 15:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel: Olmert Pressured to Resign</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1810173,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1810173,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>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</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 09:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Defense chief urges Israeli leader to step down</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/28/israel.olmert/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/28/israel.olmert/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Israel's defense minister said Wednesday that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert should step down while he defends himself against corruption allegations.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 23:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why Israel Is Talking to Its Enemies
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1809690,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1809690,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>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</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 18:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. donor says Israeli leader received $150,000</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/27/israel.olmert/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/27/israel.olmert/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 16:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Police raid Israeli ministerial building in Olmert inquiry</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/13/olmert.investigation/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/13/olmert.investigation/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 19:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israeli police raid city offices in Olmert fraud probe</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/12/israel.olmert/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/12/israel.olmert/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Authorities raided municipal offices in Jerusalem on Monday as part of a fraud investigation involving Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, police said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 22:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel's Party Marred By Olmert Probe</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1739445,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1739445,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Foreign dignitaries arriving to honor the Jewish State on its anniversary are greeted by a prime minister facing new legal troubles</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 20:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Olmert Accused of Illegal Funding</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1738672,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1738672,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>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</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Police investigate whether Israeli PM received money illegally</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/08/israel.olmert/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/08/israel.olmert/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 22:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Foreign witness may be deposed in Israeli leader probe</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/06/olmert/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/06/olmert/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>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. </description><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 15:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israeli Settlement Plans Imperil Talks</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1720823,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1720823,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Plans to build homes inside disputed West Bank territory are likely to bog down upcoming Israeli-Palestinian peace talks</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Olmert Dodges a Bullet on Lebanon</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1708309,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1708309,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A long-awaited report on the Israeli prime minister's handling of the 2006 Lebanon War is out. 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Just what they'll accomplish there is far less certain</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Israeli PM has prostate cancer</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/29/olmert.cancer/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/29/olmert.cancer/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel: Iran nukes are world issue</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/23/olmert.iran/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/23/olmert.iran/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: Plot to kill Israeli PM foiled</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/21/olmert.plot/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/21/olmert.plot/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Olmert Faces Probe of Apt. Deal</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1664996,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1664996,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A real estate scandal puts Israel's Prime Minister in the legal cross hairs again, but his political rivals may not take advantage of it
</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israeli PM faces criminal probe</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/24/olmert.investigation/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/24/olmert.investigation/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israeli official: Olmert, Abbas discuss major issues</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/28/mideast.talks.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/28/mideast.talks.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 02:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Palestinian gunmen renounce attacks under Israeli amnesty deal</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/16/israel.palestinians/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/16/israel.palestinians/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Good Vibes from the Mideast?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1638051,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1638051,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Some participants at the Arab-Israeli talks believe a strong resolve to seek an agreement has been established. Not so fast, say the pessimists</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 06:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel PM to attend Mideast summit</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/21/mideast.summit/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/21/mideast.summit/index.html</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 12:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Olmert, Abbas urged to meet</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/06/mideast.quartet/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/06/mideast.quartet/index.html</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israeli foreign minister joins calls for Olmert to resign </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/02/israel.olmert/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/02/israel.olmert/index.html</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 12:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Olmert, Abbas agree to hold regular talks</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/27/olmert.abbas/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/27/olmert.abbas/index.html</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Olmert, Rice agree to 3-way talks with Abbas</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/15/rice.mideast/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/15/rice.mideast/index.html</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel PM: 'I'm sorry if civilians injured' in raid</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/04/mideast/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/04/mideast/index.html</guid><description>Four Palestinians were killed and 25 wounded, including two journalists, Thursday during an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Ramallah.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:25:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Olmert offers to free $100 million for Palestinians</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/23/abbas.olmert/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/23/abbas.olmert/index.html</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 Dec 2006 16:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Palestinian conflict a topic for Olmert-Bush talks</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/12/olmert.bush/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/12/olmert.bush/index.html</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2006 15:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Olmert blames 'technical error' for deadly shelling</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/09/olmert.gaza/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/09/olmert.gaza/index.html</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2006 15:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Olmert OKs limited probe into Lebanon war</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/28/olmert.war/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/28/olmert.war/index.html</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2006 17:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush: U.S. would aid Israel if attacked</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/23/us.mideast/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/23/us.mideast/index.html</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2006 21:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israeli stocks down after election</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/29/news/international/markets_israel.dj/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/29/news/international/markets_israel.dj/index.htm</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Olmert vows to seek compromise with Palestinians</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/29/israel.election/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/29/israel.election/index.html</guid><description>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."</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2006 06:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Israeli media: 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plan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/07/olmert.iview/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/07/olmert.iview/index.html</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2006 20:56:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Israeli leader: Only route to peace is 2 states</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/24/mideast/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/24/mideast/index.html</guid><description>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."</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2006 01:08:00 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