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
ideas
I'm not in power, but my ideas are in power. And my ideas will prevail.
ends born young
I was not born to be prime minister, and I'm not going to stay here until the end of my life. I'm too young for that.
believe opportunity missing
I want to arrive at the possibility of peace with the Syrians, and when I believe that the conditions are right, I will not miss the opportunity.
thinking iran dangerous
I think the attempt to draw a comparison between Iran and Syria is false, misleading and dangerous.
tired sometimes reason
I sometimes feel tired. But there are so many reasons for being tired.
israel iran weapons
Israel will not tolerate a situation in which Iran has effective control of non-conventional weapons that can be used directly against the state of Israel.
knows
I know I'm unpopular.
israel iran europe
Iran is a major threat to the well-being of Europe and America just as much as it is for the state of Israel.
couple mean airports
We can never totally return to the indefensible pre-1967 borders, ... We simply cannot afford to make Israel 14.48 km (9 miles) wide again at its center. We can't allow the Palestinians to be a couple of [miles] from [Tel Aviv's] Ben-Gurion Airport in the age of shoulder-fire missiles with the capacity to shoot down jumbo jets. But that doesn't mean we must remain in every corner of the West Bank or in Gaza, where fewer than 10,000 Jews, living next to 1.3 million Palestinians, have been protected by twice as many soldiers.
israel government serious
I dont know that there is one serious American representative that will advise Israel to sit with a terrorist government and negotiate with them.
israel kind threat
Israel always has to be in a position to defend itself against any adversary and against any threat of any kind.
block mistake independent
I don't want to block every contact with the Palestinians, I think that would be a mistake, and I think that Abu Mazen has an independent status as democratically elected head of the Palestinian people, and it's important if I will talk with him.
military successful israel
The military operation in Lebanon was the most successful military operation in recent Israeli history. Many in Israel don't recognise that.
believe years land
For thousands of years, we Jews have been nourished and sustained by a yearning for our historic land. I, like many others, was raised with a deep conviction that the day would never come when we would have to relinquish parts of the land of our forefathers. I believed and to this day still believe in our people's eternal and historic right to this entire land.