Ehud Olmert

The Sun reports ("Bid for statehood may end; Possible deal delays U.N. debate, retains aid to Palestinians," September 21) that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas "decided to approach the U.N. this year [for statehood recognition] because of...

Barring a breakthrough proving that the former settlement freeze was a stroke-of-genius gamble, for now it seems to have frozen peace talks more than anything else. Genius or not, the now-thawed freeze presents quite a quandary. But in the past......

Gil Hoffman, chief political correspondent and analyst for The Jerusalem Post, will speak at a Jewish National Fund Orlando community event on Thursday, Nov. 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Jewish Academy of Orlando, 851 N. Maitland Ave., Maitland 32751. His...

As elsewhere, readers and leaders in Israel were waiting on Sunday for the WikiLeaks shoe to drop. Israel is included in a long list of countries that received a heads up from the U.S. about possible diplomatic embarrassment ahead. Prime......

by Mark Silva Hillary Rodham Clinton, "chief diplomat for the United States of America,'' maintains that North Korea's provocative missile launches demand "very strong action,'' and says flatly that the United States would be forced to respond if Iran...

Israel continues to negotiate with the U.S. in an attempt to find the right formula for investigating the flotilla raid that will satisfy everyone. Decision-makers are juggling protecting Israel from an international investigation with protecting...

Four years after Gilad Shalit was captured by Palestinian militants in a cross-border raid, his family embarked Sunday on a campaign to heighten pressure on Israel's government to make a deal for the release their son. Noam and Aviva Shalit......

Two years ago Tzipi Livni and Ahmed Qurei had a standing rendezvous at Jerusalem's King David Hotel, at least twice a week, to hash over hotly disputed issues such as borders, refugees and the future of Jerusalem. Back then meetings......

EUROPE Bin Laden urges troop withdrawal In a new audiotape, Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden demanded that European nations withdraw their troops from Afghanistan, saying they were sacrificing lives and money in an unjust U.S.-led war. "We are not...

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was indicted on three out of the four corruption-related charges standing against him at Jerusalem District Court Sunday, making this the first criminal indictment ever filed against any past or present Israeli prime...

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu endorsed a Palestinian state beside Israel for the first time on Sunday, reversing himself under U.S. pressure but attaching conditions such as having no army that the Palestinians swiftly...

JERUSALEM — Scores of battle-hardened Palestinians signed pledges to renounce violence against Israel and turned in their weapons Sunday, accepting the Israeli government's first collective offer of clemency in 14 years for gunmen listed as wanted...