Newspaper: Bush Told Israel Not to Bomb Iran

Staff / Truthdig Sep 26, 2008 The Guardian is reporting that outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert sought and was denied President Bush's blessing for an airstrike on Iran's nuclear facilities. Bush was reportedly concerned that Iran would retaliate against U.S. targets in the region and that the benefits of such an attack would be insufficient. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israeli Right Sees Opening in Political Chaos

Staff / Truthdig Aug 1, 2008 As if the situation in the Middle East couldn't get any worse, this week's news that scandal-plagued Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will resign has been seized upon by right-wing Israeli politicians, who believe the parliamentary chaos caused by Olmert's departure will open the door for a return to hard-line, ultranationalist government. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel’s Olmert to Hang It Up

Staff / Truthdig Jul 30, 2008 Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, beset by accusations of corruption and bribery, announced Wednesday that he will resign after an internal Kadima Party election to choose a new leader on Sept. 17. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Did Hezbollah Win?

Staff / Truthdig Jul 20, 2008 Link TV's Mosaic Intelligence Report is back with an in-depth look at the recent prisoner swap between Lebanon and Israel, comparing and contrasting how the leaders and people of both nations viewed the exchange and investigating what it might mean for Hezbollah and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in particular. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel Agrees to Hezbollah Deal

Staff / Truthdig Jun 30, 2008 Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's Cabinet has agreed to a German-brokered prisoner exchange with Hezbollah. It is believed that under the terms of the deal, Israel would receive the bodies of two captured soldiers in return for the release of five Lebanese prisoners and the bodies of 10 more. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Policeman’s Suicide Hastens Sarkozy’s Farewell to Israel

Staff / Truthdig Jun 25, 2008 An Israeli policeman killed himself Tuesday afternoon at the Tel Aviv airport -- just as French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Carla Bruni, were saying their goodbyes to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert before boarding their plane, which suddenly became a quick and urgent exercise. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Middle East Never Tires of Threats

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Jun 17, 2008 What is it about threats? What possesses half the Middle East to shout abuse all the time? First we have Ahmadinejad, one of the most crackpot presidents in the world, raving away about annihilating Israel. Then we have Shaul Mofaz, the deputy Israeli prime minister, telling the world that there would have to be attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The West’s Weapon of Self-Delusion

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Jun 8, 2008 So they are at it again, the great and the good of American democracy, groveling and fawning to the Israeli lobbyists of American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), repeatedly allying themselves to the cause of another country and one that is continuing to steal Arab land. Will this ever end? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Olmert: ‘The Iranian Threat Must Be Stopped’

Staff / Truthdig Jun 4, 2008 Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert issued a warning across the ocean to Iran during a visit to Washington Tuesday, urging the international community to convince Tehran that pursuing a nuclear weapons program would be a really, really bad idea. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Barak to Olmert: Get Outta Here

Staff / Truthdig May 28, 2008 Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak called for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to resign or temporarily step down from his post in the midst of investigations into allegedly illegal donations to Olmert's campaign. Barak threatened to pull the Labor Party out of the coalition government that supports Olmert unless he removes himself from the "day-to-day management of the government." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel and Syria Talk Peace

Staff / Truthdig May 21, 2008 The politically weakened government of Ehud Olmert is engaged in peace talks with neighboring Syria, the two countries have acknowledged. Turkey is moderating the indirect negotiations, the first since 2000. The last round of talks failed over the demand for Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Syria: Nukes or Peace?

Staff / Truthdig Apr 27, 2008 This past week, Syria made headlines not once but twice. One story implicates the country in enriching uranium and says that the CIA confirmed to Congress that the target of a mysterious Israeli air raid in northern Syria on Sept. 6, 2007, was a reactor built with North Korean help. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )