Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert presented his resignation letter to President Shimon Peres at the president's official residence in Jerusalem Sunday. Olmert faces corruption allegations and is likely to be replaced by Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni...
Members of Israel's ruling, centrist Kadima party will head to the polls Wednesday to pick a new leader to replace Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. VOA's Luis Ramirez reports from Jerusalem. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who is under investigation...
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he plans to step down as prime minister in September. VOA's Jim Teeple has the details from our Jerusalem bureau. In a surprise announcement from his residence in Jerusalem, Ehud Olmert says he will step down...
Israel is lowering expectations for a breakthrough in U.S.-sponsored peace talks with the Palestinians in 2008. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he does not believe that Israel and the Palestini...
By Paula Wolfson White House 02 June 2008 President Bush will meet Wednesday at the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports, they will review progress in the Middle East peace process. This will be their seco...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 29 May 2008 The noose may be tightening around Israel's embattled prime minister in a corruption scandal, but he is pressing on. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is brushing...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 29 March 2008 United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has arrived in Israel, Saturday, on a new Middle East peace mission. But it is an uphill climb, as we hear from Robert Berger at the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. S...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 26 March 2008 Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday said peace talks with the Palestinians will continue, but he ruled out any talks with Hamas militants who control the Gaza Strip. VOA's Jim Teeple has details from...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 17 February 2008 Israel says it plans to continue crippling sanctions on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, despite international opposition. The announcement was made as three Palestinian gunmen and a civilian were killed in Isra...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 08 January 2008 Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held a final meeting Tuesday before their separate talks with President Bush this week during his visit to Israel and the Palestinian t...