Olmert was Jerusalem mayor from 1993 to 2003.
Olmert could go to prison.
Olmert: Every solution will be painful.
Olmert said that he would release 250 Palestinian.
Olmert was Israel's Prime Minister from 2006 to 2009.
Abbas welcomed Olmert as a man of peace and a"dear friend.".
Olmert was Israel's worst prime minister
but he got this one right.
Several other government officials and businesspeople were convicted alongside Olmert in 2014.
Under the law, Olmert's resignation will take effect 48 hours after submission.
Olmert said he thinks Abbas made a mistake
in not accepting his 2008 peace plan.
This is why Olmert said that going down the apartheid road would be suicidal for Israel.
Despite this, Olmert said he has remained in contact continually
with Abbas over the last 11 to 12 years.
Olmert served as prime minister from 2006 to 2009,
until a flurry of corruption allegations led to his resignation.
Israel's former prime minister Ehud Olmert has been sentenced to eight months in jail for fraud
and breach of trust.
Former prime minister Ehud Olmert said as much when he proclaimed that if“the
two-state solution collapses,” Israel will“face a South-African-style struggle.”.
The burden of peace:“I have seen all the
proposals made so generously by Ehud Olmert, but I have not seen any result.”.
But when the then prime minister of Israel Ehud Olmert had to resign due to corruption allegations,
the talks were also canceled.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said as much when he recently proclaimed
that if"the two-state solution collapses," Israel will"face a South African-style struggle.".
Israel's former prime minister Ehud Olmert set the terms:"I do not intend to compromise in
any way over the issue of the Jewish state.
A 2001 poll found that 60% of Israelis are willing to divide Jerusalem;
just last month, the Olmert government announced its plans to divide the city, to little outcry.
Olmert had a vital role in(1) initiating the Gaza withdrawal,
which ended the Israel Defense Forces' close control of the territory, and(2) giving up Israeli control over the Gaza-Egypt border.
Obama's only hope- and it is a slim one- is that a substantial part of the American
Jewish community will come to understand Olmert's warning that Israel will become like white-ruled
South Africa if there is no two-state solution.
He said that under the terms of his early release, Olmert for the next few months has to do volunteer work,
must appear before police twice a month and cannot give interviews to the media or leave the country.