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Police question Olmert again in corruption probe

AP — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:44:37 +0000

Israeli police questioned Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Friday for the fourth time in a corruption investigation that has brought about his political downfall.

Israeli police question Olmert on corruption

AP — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:36:05 +0000

Police investigators have arrived at Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s residence to question him again on corruption charges.

Netanyahu calls for early Israeli elections

AP — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:48:44 +0000

A day after Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced he would depart political life, top rival Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel should get rid of its current governing coalition and go straight to early...

Israel agrees to release more Palestinians

AP — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:19:26 +0000

An Israeli government official says Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has agreed to release an unspecified number of Palestinian prisoners.The move is intended as an overture to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as the two sides try to move ahead on...

Olmert: Captive Israeli soldiers in Lebanon dead

AP — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:04:08 +0000

An Israeli official says Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has told his Cabinet that two soldiers captured by Hezbollah guerrillas two years ago are dead.The official says Olmert told his Cabinet that “we know what happened to them.” It is the...

Israeli politicians avert elections

AP — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:41:07 +0000

Israeli politicians say they have reached a last-minute deal that will temporarily avert new elections and allow Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s government to stay in power for a few more months.Lawmakers from Olmert’s Kadima Party and...

Rockets hit Israel, which says truce broken

AP — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:09:39 +0000

Police say two Palestinian rockets hit southern Israel and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s office says the cease-fire that took effect last week has been broken.Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says the first rockets to hit since the truce...

Israel to decide on prisoner swap with Lebanon

AP — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:47:33 +0000

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has concluded that Israel should swap the perpetrator of a notorious guerrilla attack for two Israeli soldiers held in Lebanon since 2006, a senior government official confirmed on Sunday.The official’s comments...

Barak: Labor will back dissolving Israel Knesset

AP — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:39:49 +0000

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak says his Labor Party will support dissolving Israel’s parliament if Prime Minister Ehud Olmert doesn’t step aside over his latest corruption scandal.Olmert’s Kadima Party has agreed to start...

Israeli minister: Israel prepared to attack Iran

AP — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:35:12 +0000

Israel will attack Iran if it doesn’t abandon its nuclear program, a Cabinet minister hoping to replace embattled Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was quoted Friday as saying.Shaul Mofaz, a former chief of staff and defense minister, also said...