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In the News (Fri 25 Dec 09)

  
  Press Conference with the Israeli Prime Minister
Prime Minister Gordon Brown, though you were very clear about the sanctions on the Iranian issue, the American President has stated that a nuclear Iran can cause a third world war.
Prime Minister Olmert, is there anything you can tell us about the joint document that is trying to draft ahead of the summit, specifically whether there is any effort to address the final status of issues such as borders, refugees and dividing Jerusalem?
And with your permission Prime Minister I want to take this opportunity, since you will be the last to speak today, that you know on this occasion I have the opportunity to thank the retiring Israeli Ambassador, Ambassador Zvi Heifetz, that was serving here for the last three and a half years.
www.primeminister.gov.uk /output/Page13605.asp   (1987 words)

  
  Prime Minister of Israel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Prime Minister of Israel (Hebrew: ראש הממשלה, Rosh HaMemshala, lit.
He or she is usually the leader of the largest political party or coalition of parties in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament.
Following the "significant" stroke suffered by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in January 2006, a decision was reached by the Israeli Cabinet, under the advice of the Attorney General of Israel to implement the Articles in the Basic Law relevant to the situation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Israel   (671 words)

  
 Israeli Prime Minister Barak
Prime Minister, if your mentor, Yitzhak Rabin were here today, I believe he would be very gratified, seeing the leadership of his cherished nation in your most capable hands.
PRIME MINISTER BARAK: I think that the United States can contribute to the process more as facilitator than as a kind of policeman, judge and arbitrator at the same time.
PRIME MINISTER BARAK: As the Prime Minister of Israel, I would like to see all the embassies from all around the world coming to Jerusalem, and we will do whatever we can to provide the preconditions for it.
clinton4.nara.gov /textonly/WH/New/html/19990715b.html   (2377 words)

  
 CNN.com - Sharon fights for life after stroke - Jan 5, 2006
With Sharon in surgery, under anesthesia and on a respirator, his powers were transferred to Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, a key ally who followed Sharon in bolting from the Likud bloc to form a new centrist party and shake up Israeli politics.
Israeli Channel 2 reported Sharon was brought in on a stretcher.
The prime minister had been scheduled to undergo minor surgery Thursday to repair a small hole in his heart, which doctors said contributed to a blood clot that caused the first stroke.
www.cnn.com /2006/WORLD/meast/01/04/sharon/index.html   (1015 words)

  
 bitterlemons.org - Palestinian - Israeli documents
Israeli High Court decision on the fence/wall, "Beit Sourik Village Council vs. the Government of Israel and Commander of the Israel Defence Forces in the West Bank," June 30, 2004
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's statement, December 18, 2003
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's speech at the Herzliya conference, December 4, 2002
www.bitterlemons.org /docs.html   (636 words)

  
 Israeli Prime Minister Receives Reinforcement from United Nations - Kommersant Moscow   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
The Israeli leader admitted that he is responsible for the decision to take military action on July 12, as well as for the results of the war.
Yesterday, the Israeli media reported that the question of broadening the authority of the Lipkin-Shahak and Admoni commissions to that of governmental investigatory commissions was being discussed in Olmert's office.
Olmert was interrupted by one of the members of the town council of Tveria, who called the prime minister a "real sinner" and assured him that the north had suffered grievous damage.
www.kommersant.com /page.asp?idr=527&id=700946   (1088 words)

  
 Prime Minister Olmert's Washington Marathon
Prime Minister Olmert has declared his intention to fix Israel’s permanent borders in the next four years, with or without the agreement of the Palestinians.
Prime Minister Olmert seeks the removal of nearly eight times more Israeli settlers from territory in the biblical heartland of Jewish history.
Prime Minister Olmert told CNN in a May 21 interview that his focus was not when Iran builds a nuclear weapon, but rather when it acquires the knowledge needed to manufacture one.
www.heritage.org /Research/MiddleEast/wm1089.cfm   (1014 words)

  
 Israeli prime minister approves wider offensive in Gaza - The Boston Globe
GAZA CITY -- The government of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert gave the Israeli Army the go-ahead yesterday to widen its offensive in the Gaza Strip, including moving into urban areas if commanders deem it necessary.
But Israeli artillery barrages, aerial bombardment and a move by troops and tanks into the northern and southern fringes of the territory have so far drawn only expressions of defiance from the militant groups claiming to have the 19-year-old soldier, Gilad Shalit.
The interior minister, Said Siyam, is a Hamas member believed by Israel to have friendly ties with members of Palestinian militia groups.
www.boston.com /news/world/articles/2006/07/06/israeli_prime_minister_approves_wider_offensive_in_gaza   (570 words)

  
 The two bodies of the Israeli Prime Minister [Voltaire]
The Israeli journalist resorts to a rhetoric and delicate kind of practice, done in a pretty good way: assuming all shortcomings of the person he supports in order to better minimize them and highlight virtues, which are of course more important.
At that moment, the Israelis were stuck in the peace process, in a wave of suicidal attacks and growing despair regarding the political future of the country.
I truly wish you success as acting Prime Minister and acting leader of Kadima, but whatever you do during the months to come in order to win the forthcoming legislative elections, remember, I beg you, that the Israeli support of Kadima precisely stems from the fact that this movement adopted a moderate centrist stance.
www.voltairenet.org /article135019.html   (4506 words)

  
 Israeli prime minister calls pope a 'friend of the Jews'
JERUSALEM (CNS) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon called Pope John Paul II a "friend of the Jews" and "a man of peace" who would be remembered for working for reconciliation among peoples.
The prime minister said he was fortunate to have met the pope in 1999 while serving as foreign minister, and at that time he invited him to visit the Holy Land for millennial celebrations.
The pope's visit to the Holy Land in 2000 when he was already 79 years old and sick brought hope for peace to Israelis and Palestinians, but six months later the intifada broke out, enveloping the region in more than four and a half years of violence, which the pope often lamented.
www.americancatholic.org /Features/JohnPaulii/IsraeliPrimeMinister.asp   (544 words)

  
 Seven Years Since the Rabin Assassination: The Fruits of Yigal Amir's Victory - Ami Isseroff
The third fact is that regardless of foreign policy, the settlement adventure is warping Israeli society, and transforming Zionism from a progressive movement of national rebirth into the standard bearer of reactionary religious zealotry.
Israeli society and the Israeli government are not ready for this eventuality.
The danger to Israeli society is the real damage caused by the assassination of Yitshak Rabin, and that damage may be a fatal wound to Zionism.
www.mideastweb.org /rabin2002.htm   (1138 words)

  
 Israeli Prime Minister Defends War
Israeli and Lebanese military officers met with the commander of U.N. forces in southern Lebanon to discuss Israel's disengagement from the country.
Israeli officials say their troops will only withdraw from Lebanon when the peacekeepers and the Lebanese army deploy in the south.
Israeli officials say under the terms of the U.N. resolution they are allowed to respond if attacked, and they warn they will, with force, if necessary.
www.voanews.com /english/2006-08-14-voa3.cfm   (586 words)

  
 Meir, Golda (ne Mabovitch; 1898-1978)
Israel prime minister and labor leader, was born in Kiev, Russia, where her father was a poor carpenter.
Golda returned to Russia 50 years later as Israel's first minister to Moscow, and was received by thousands of Jews who came to the Moscow Great Synagogue to meet her.
As prime minister she encouraged the emigration of thousands of Soviet Jews to Israel, and strengthened relations with the United States.
www.jafi.org.il /education/100/people/bios/golda.html   (508 words)

  
 cbs2chicago.com - Former Israeli Prime Minister On Hostage Situation
The former prime minister was speaking with CBS 2 News here in Chicago, but he knew what his successors were going through back home.
Before Ehud Barak became prime minister, he was the commander of an elite Israeli commando unit, specializing in the rescue of hostages.
An Israeli tank moves at a staging area outside the Gaza Strip on June 27, 2006 in Mefalsim, Israel.
cbs2chicago.com /topstories/local_story_178181349.html   (523 words)

  
 Remarks With Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
In light of new realities on the ground, including already existing major Israeli population centers, it is unrealistic to expect that the outcome of final status negotiations will be a full and complete return to the armistice lines of 1949.
I commend Prime Minister Sharon for his bold and courageous decision to withdraw from Gaza and parts of the West Bank.
I was asked by the Israeli media if I would say the things they held here, or were discussed here, or have been concluded here, will provide me a weapon against my colleagues in the government or the members of my party in Israel.
www.state.gov /p/nea/rls/rm/31420.htm   (2526 words)

  
 Yitzhak Rabin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel from 1974 until 1977 and again from 1992 until his assassination in 1995 by Yigal Amir, a right-wing activist who had strenuously opposed Rabin's signing of the Oslo Accords.
During the years 1984 to 1990 Rabin was a Minister of Defense in several unity governments under prime ministers Yitzhak Shamir and Shimon Peres.
On 18 January Israeli Minister of Defence Yitzhak Rabin ordered soldiers of the Israeli army operating in the occupied territories to use their truncheons to beat citizens and deliberately to inflict fractures and severe bruises.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yitzhak_Rabin   (1945 words)

  
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Following the dissolution of the government, Olmert became health minister in the Likud government and held that position for two years, during which time he initiated a broad reform of the healthcare system.
Following the elections for the 16th Knesset, in January 2003, Olmert was appointed minister of trade and industry and deputy prime minister in the Sharon government.
In April 2006, 100 days after being hospitalized, Sharon was declared “permanently incapacitated” and thus unable to continue serving as prime minister.
www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3283691,00.html   (657 words)

  
 israelinsider: security: Israeli prime minister warns of tough response to attacks from Lebanon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Israeli prime minister warns of tough response to attacks from Lebanon
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday warned that Israel would hit back hard if guerrillas in Lebanon continue firing on Israel's north.
Israeli Cabinet minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer told Army Radio that Israel has the military power to hit back hard for the attacks, but "the goal now should be to calm the area." Ben-Eliezer, of the moderate Labor Party, is a retired army general and former defense minister.
web.israelinsider.com /Articles/Security/8552.htm   (762 words)

  
 RTE News - Israeli prime minister in London for talks
The Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert has arrived in London for talks aimed at seeking a strong European stand against the Hamas-led Palestinian government and Iran's nuclear programme.
An Israeli man was injured earlier in a rocket attack on the town of Sderot, close to the Gaza border.
The Israeli military said it launched the strike after the militants fired a rocket at Israel.
www.rte.ie /news/2006/0611/mideast.html?rss   (296 words)

  
 Israeli Prime Minister Says Israel Will Continue Attacks Against Hezbollah Militants
Israel's prime minister says Israel will continue to attack Lebanon until two Israeli prisoners are freed and Hezbollah militants leave the area along Israel's northern border.
Israeli government spokeswoman Miri Eisen says Israel's attacks in Lebanon are aimed at eliminating the Hezbollah rocket threat.
Meanwhile, an Israeli soldier was killed and six others wounded in the West Bank city of Nablus, in an ambush by Palestinian militants.
www.bloggernews.net /2006/07/israeli-prime-minister-says-israel_19.html   (785 words)

  
 Israeli Prime Minister Olmert Receives Gul   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel received Turkish Foreign Minister & Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul in Jerusalem on Sunday.
Following the meeting, Prime Minister Olmert said that Turkey had been playing an important role in the Middle East, and expressed his hope that Turkey would maintain its role in the future.
Livni told reporters after the meeting that Israeli people were concerned over implementation of the United Nation's resolution no: 1701, stressing that the Hezbollah should not be provided weapons.
www.anatolia.com /h.asp?i=138545   (226 words)

  
 Israeli
He was Israeli Prime Minister in the '70s and '80s.
In 1983, he was found indirectly, but personally, responsible for a civilian massacre by Lebanese militia in two Palestinian refugee camps.
An Israeli who takes aim - even an Israeli sniper - is taking aim at those engaged in terrorism.
www.change-links.org /ISRAELITERROR.htm   (1007 words)

  
 ABC News: Israeli Prime Minister Apologizes for Deadly Airstrikes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Their meeting is the first between the two since Olmert took office in January, but officials said there would be no formal talks between them at the Jordan conference.
PETRA, Jordan Jun 22, 2006 (AP)— Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert apologized Thursday for the deaths of Palestinian civilians in recent Israeli army airstrikes after meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at an informal breakfast in Jordan.
Some 13 Palestinian civilians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes in the past week, including two people in a Gaza house on Wednesday and three children in Gaza on Tuesday.
abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=2105886   (372 words)

  
 My Brother, the Israeli Prime Minister   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Yossi Olmert is not merely a top journalist, Middle East scholar and political insider who's worked for the Israeli national government and run for local office several times in Israel.
He's also the younger brother of Ehud Olmert, the current prime minister of Israel.
Six years ago, a prime minister of Israel called Ehud Barak offered the Palestinians 97 percent of the disputed lands.
www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/Printable.asp?ID=22758   (1254 words)

  
 Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli Prime Minister, 1915-
Results of the 1984 elections were indecisive and the Likud was forced to accept a national unity arrangement with the Labor party.
First Labor's Shimon Peres was Prime Minister while Shamir was Foreign Minister, then they rotated in 1986.
Maintaining a hard line against the Palestinian uprisings (the intifada), he remained Prime Minister when elections were held in November 1988.
www.jafi.org.il /education/100/people/bios/shamir.html   (365 words)

  
 Pravda.RU Israeli Prime-Minister Negotiating In Moscow   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has said he believes in the development of relations between Israel and Russia and that he will continue visiting Russia in the future.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has thanked Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for coming to Moscow for negotiations "despite the difficult situation." Putin said that, although the prime minister had repeatedly visited Moscow, this was his first visit to the Russian capital as the head of government.
The official visit to Moscow by Iranian Defence Minister Ali Shamkhani to Russia has been postponed "due to possible political insinuations which may arise in view of the presence in that same time in Moscow of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon," reported the press service of the Iranian Foreign Ministry.
newsfromrussia.com /world/2001/09/04/14131.html   (1781 words)

  
 newsobserver.com | The Israeli prime minister
The raid into Israel from southern Lebanon by the Shiite militia group Hezbollah has provided the new government of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert a deeper political consensus, allowing him to prosecute a war that is widely supported by the Israeli people.
Before Hezbollah struck, the Israeli operation in Gaza, initiated by the killing inside Israel of two Israeli soldiers and the capture of another June 25, was into its third week with no tangible results and a mounting one-sided death toll.
So was internal criticism of Olmert and his inexperienced defense minister, Amir Peretz, the head of the Labor Party, after the initial surge of solidarity that followed the soldier's capture.
www.newsobserver.com /164/story/463295.html   (550 words)

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