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


Netanyahu’s foreign policy is crucial

The Israeli prime minister signed the Abraham Accords while facing internecine battles against home-front forces trying to topple him.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks as the government approves the peace deal between Israel and the UAE, October 12, 2020

Four essential steps that need to be taken immediately to fight the virus

Ehud Olmert's coronavirus message.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu encourages Israelis to cover their mouths when they cough or sneeze, during a press conference in Jerusalem on March 12.

The reason for Disengagement: Sharon wished to avoid jail

The answer is that it had nothing to do with peace or war.

PRIME MINISTER Ariel Sharon in 2006.

Israel's healthcare system is crumbling under Netanyahu

Everything that is happening now could have been predicted with respect to how COVID-19-related issues have been handled over the past few months.

Then-minister without a portfolio Tzachi Hanegbi catches the ear of then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset in 2016.

June 29, 2020: Dissolving illusions

Readers of the Jerusalem Post have their say.

Letters

Olmert: UAE leaders took daring steps for peace; Will Israel, Palestinians follow?

The former prime minister in dialogue with editor-in-chief Yaakov Katz

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at the Global Investment Forum 2021

Ehud Olmert: Netanyahu will go to prison for many years

Prime Minister will go to jail for many years says former prime minister.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert attend a handover ceremony at the residence of President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem April 1, 2009

Gantz, don’t surrender your principles to Bibi

THE IDEA that Netanyahu and Gantz would sit down and shake hands just weeks after vicious attacks by members of Likud was beyond the imagination.

BENNY GANTZ meets with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Jerusalem earlier this week.

The Court’s independence and the threats it faces

The prime minister in this transitional government will ultimately drag the nation in the end to a fourth round of elections.

SUPREME COURT President Esther Hayut shares the bench with Justice Uri Shoham.

Former PM Ehud Olmert: Liar Netanyahu's career is over

Olmert says, "I met Abbas, he met murderers."

Foremer prime minister Ehud Olmert speaks at the Maariv Business Conference on February 26, 2020