Ehud Olmert

Ehud Olmert backs Eisenkot, says Netanyahu is 'on wrong side of history'

Olmert endorsed Gadi Eisenkot and his Yashar Party, arguing that Eisenkot is better suited to lead the country than his political rivals.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert testifies during a hearing of the civil investigative committee on the October 7 massacre, in Tel Aviv, August 8, 2024
Yisrael Beytenu leader MK Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 6, 2026

Will Israel's 2026 election represent Liberman’s swan song? – opinion

 Ultra-Orthodox Jews clash with police outside the IDF Recruitment Center at Tel Hashomer, central Israel, April 28, 2025

Haredi conscription debate threatens long-standing Israeli coalitions - opinion

Writer Nicholas D. Kristof poses for photographers on the red carpet as he arrives for the TIME 100 Gala in Manhattan, New York, US, April 26, 2016.

‘The New York Times’ and the grotesque NGO ‘halo effect’ - opinion


Israel Police expected Netanyahu to resign after being indicted - former chief

"No one could have guessed that the prime minister would not resign," former Israel Police chief Roni Alsheich told Army Radio.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Police Chief Roni Alsheich

Raanan Gissin, best known as Sharon's spokesman, passes away at 74

A frequent presence on international television channels, the gravel-voiced Gissin with the bushy black eyebrows cast a formidable figure.

 Raanan Gissin, US Embassy in Israel, July 4th 2015.

Israel's government must be replaced - Ehud Olmert at JPost conference

The fact that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not invited to Washington for five months was not coincidental, Olmert said.

Former prime minister Ehud Olmert speaks at the Jerusalem Post 2023 Annual Conference in New York, June 5, 2023

Olmert, Netanyahu: Covering Israeli prime ministers on trial

Longtime ‘Post’ law correspondent shares standout events he witnessed from the benches of justice while reporting on premiers Olmert and Netanyah.

 L: EHUD OLMERT in Jerusalem District Court, 2011. R: BENJAMIN NETANYAHU arrives for a hearing at the Jerusalem District Court, March 2022.

Netanyahu wins defamation lawsuit against Ehud Olmert on 1 of 2 counts

Incoming prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu sued former prime minister Ehud Olmert for saying that the Netanyahu family is crazy.

Incoming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert speak on the plenum floor at the start of the swearing-in ceremony for Netanyahu's new government at parliament in Jerusalem March 31, 2009

Lapid, Erdogan to meet at UN in first in Israel-Turkey relations since 2008

Lapid’s speech to the UN is expected to focus on the Iran nuclear threat and Israel’s opposition to the proposed return to the 2015 nuclear deal.

 PM Yair Lapid at a cabinet meeting of the 24th Knesset, July 10th 2022.

Grapevine September 9, 2022: Happy Birthdays

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 FROM LEFT: Ronny Fuchs, Liora Ofer, Ehud Olmert and Gil Riba.

Israel has no serious strategy to destroy Iran's nuclear reactors – Olmert

"There is no serious military strategy that can destroy all the nuclear reactors in Iran, but Israel can do it," Olmert said, speaking at the Jerusalem Post's New York Conference.

 Ehud Olmert at the Jerusalem Post Conference in New York, September 12, 2022

45 Israelis were killed at Meron, why is no one accountable? - opinion

When officials see those tactics work, why would they even bother trying to fix the problems that plague Israel? Why would they bother trying to solve some of the decades-old challenges Israel faces?

 THEN-PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu stands to the right of then-internal security minister Amir Ohana and Police Chief Insp.-Gen. Kobi Shabtai, during their visit to the scene of the tragedy at Mount Meron last year.

Lior Raz and all the Fauda stars turn out for season 4 premiere

“Eleven years ago, when we started going around to all the studios and getting told no by everyone, we never thought we would get a first season, let alone a fourth,” Avi Issacharoff recalled.

 Lior Raz at the Fauda season 4 premiere