http://www.wikio.co.uk/blog/search/Israeli Prime Minister Wikio Blogs - search: Israeli Prime Minister wikio wikio http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=69399290 Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will face seventh police interrogation about his political downfall at his Jerusalem residence on Friday, local daily Ha'aretz said on its website. According to the report, investigators from the national fraud unit are expected to arrive at 10:00 a.m. (0800 GMT) for a session that will last around two and a half hours. It is not clear the focus of Friday's interrogation, but it is reported Olmert will be questioned again in connection with political appointments he made at the Small Business Authority while he was minister of industry, trade and employment. Sedo Domain Name Aftermarket 1stblack Published by Mike Hitchen, Mike Hitchen Consulting Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:15:00 GMT http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=69399290 Mike Hitchen 2008-08-29T07:15:00Z http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=69187796 An Israeli-American was arrested on Tuesday and later released in Gaza City after arriving on a boat that was carrying pro-Palestinian activists. Professor Jeff Halper was going to Israel along with 40 other activists including the sister-in-law of Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Lauren Booth, when he was arrested at a [...] ShareThis Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:47:20 GMT http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=69187796 NewsWax 2008-08-27T18:47:20Z http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=69049594 Two Israeli soldiers were expelled from the fighting corps after showing disrespect for assassinated Israeli former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, local radio reported Tuesday. When watching a film about Israeli history three weeks ago, the two soldiers, serving in an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) brigade based in the Golan Heights, [...] Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:11:57 GMT http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=69049594 2008-08-26T18:11:57Z http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=68674151 Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was grilled by anti-fraud investigators again on Friday, over recent corruption allegations that might see him indicted. During the questioning session, the sixth since the “money envelopes” scandal went public in May, National Fraud Squad detectives interrogated the embattled leader under caution for over [...] Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:01:05 GMT http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=68674151 2008-08-22T20:01:05Z http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=68694094 Lebanon plans to lodge a complaint with the United Nations about Israeli threats to pursue Hezbollah across the border if Lebanon becomes a Hezbollah state.The cabinet approved the action Friday, Haaretz reported. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said recently that Israel would not consider itself bound by any restrictions if Hezbollah came to power in Lebanon.In 2006, Israel invaded southern Lebanon and launched air strikes against Beirut following the Hezbollah kidnapping of two soldiers and rocket launches into northern Israel.To hear what Israeli officials say, one would think Israel was showering Lebanon with roses during its last aggression, Prime Minister Fuad Siniora said Friday. Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:08:00 GMT http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=68694094 2008-08-23T06:08:00Z http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=68597199 JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police questioned Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for the sixth time on Friday over fraud and bribery allegations, a police spokesman said. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:46:02 GMT http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=68597199 2008-08-22T09:46:02Z http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=69178239 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert may meet on Sunday, Palestinian sources said on Wednesday. The sources said that the Palestinian and the Israeli official shold contacts to arrange for the meeting which will be the second between the two men this month. [...] Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:17:42 GMT http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=69178239 2008-08-27T17:17:42Z http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=69287845 Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will meet on Sunday amid growing signs that the Israeli leader is trying to complete the outline for a new Arab state before he leaves office. PA sources said they will discuss the status of Jerusalem and the PA "right of return" demand that involves allowing millions of foreign Arabs to immigrate. Water resources also will be discussed American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice hinted a deal is in the works during her visit to Israel this week. At her meeting with Abbas in Ramallah, she "proposed new ideas related to the peace process," Abbas's spokesman Nabil Abu Rdneh said. "The coming weeks will be very decisive," he added. Prime Minister Olmert is taking advantage of the summer vacation, when most Israelis are vacationing, the Knesset is out of session and he is free to act without worrying about keeping his coalition government together. The Prime Minister already has said he will step down from office after the Kadima party chooses a new leader in primary elections next month. He recently said that negotiations with the PA must be kept secret and not in the eye of the media. The editor of a leading PA newspaper believes that Secretary Rice, Prime Minister Olmert and Abbas are cooking up a surprise to satisfy President Bush's desire to reach a final agreement before he leaves office in January. Hafith Barghouthi, the chief editor of the daily Hayat Al-Jadidah, wrote on Wednesday, "It seems a political 'meal' is being cooked on fire behind the scenes…. The fact that Rice met with both negotiation teams separately, then together proves what she said in the press conference about both sides abstaining from negotiating in front of the media. All this indicates that the negotiations are serious," he wrote. It seems a political 'meal' is being cooked on fire behind the scenes. A final agreement on a new Arab state within Israel's current borders would not necessarily be accepted by the government but would serve as a working document for the successor to American President George W. Bush following American elections in November. Putting an agreement in writing, regardless of its being impractical to carry out today, would be significant, a PA negotiator told WorldNetDaily reporter Aaron Klein this week. The negotiator said, "Papers are very important. It puts limits on the new prime minister…. Olmert told us his goal is to reach an agreement on paper." Sunday's meeting between Olmert and Abbas, the second this month, offers further evidence that Secretary Rice's 24-hour visit earlier this week was more than a routine attempt to bridge the gaps separating the two sides. Earlier this month, the Hebrew daily Haaretz revealed that Prime Minister Olmert offered Abbas 93 percent of Judea, Gaza and Samaria, including parts of Jerusalem, along with a Negev land swap and free passage between Gaza and Judea and Samaria. RSS 2.0: http://blogname.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'alt=rss Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:41:00 GMT http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=69287845 GS Don Morris, Ph.D. 2008-08-28T13:41:00Z http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=69386931 Israeli police have questioned Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for a seventh time as part of a corruption investigation that has jeopardised peace talks with the Palestinians and shaken Israel's political system. Olmert was expected to respond to suspicions that he received a discount to buy an apartment in exchange for favours, and named cronies to a state business authority when he served as trade minister. Olmert has also been accused of accepting cash from a US Jewish fundraiser and submitting duplicate travel´expense claims while serving in a previous government role. Olmert, who denies any wrongdoing, has pledged to step down once his centrist Kadima party chooses a new leader in a September 17th contest. Leading contenders are Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMT http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=69386931 2008-08-29T08:00:00Z http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=69077436 Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak, who is already running as if the next election is at hand, said recently that he dreamed of becoming both prime minister and education minister. Let it not be said that former spymaster and Barak opponent, Tzipi Livni does not have a sense of humor. Her reply: I can make half your dream come true. Barak didn’t need to ask: which half? Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:13:11 GMT http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=69077436 richards1052 2008-08-26T22:13:11Z http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=69451295 In a welcome softening of its naval blockade of the Gaza Strip’s waters, Israel earlier this week allowed through from Cyprus the two ships Free Gaza and Liberty, which were bringing in humanitarian relief to the stricken territory, as well as 44 peace activists from 17 countries (including Tony Blair’s sister-in-law, Lauren Booth). The plan is that [...] Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:42:28 GMT http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=69451295 jonathanfryer 2008-08-29T15:42:28Z http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=69264067 Deal? Prime Minister will meet on Sunday with '' '' President Mahmoud AbbasAbu Mazen amid what one news outlet calls 'signs' of a '.' Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will meet on Sunday amid growing signs that the Israeli leader is trying to complete the outline for a new Arab state before he leaves office. PA sources said they will discuss the status of Jerusalem and the PA "right of return" demand that involves allowing millions of foreign Arabs to immigrate. Water resources also will be discussed.Could someone please call Shas and convince them that ?American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice hinted a deal is in the works during her visit to Israel this week. At her meeting with Abbas in Ramallah, she "proposed new ideas related to the peace process," Abbas's spokesman Nabil Abu Rdneh said. "The coming weeks will be very decisive," he added.Prime Minister Olmert is taking advantage of the summer vacation, when most Israelis are vacationing, the Knesset is out of session and he is free to act without worrying about keeping his coalition government together. The Prime Minister already has said he will step down from office after the Kadima party chooses a new leader in primary elections next month.He recently said that negotiations with the PA must be kept secret and not in the eye of the media. The entire country is on vacation this week. School starts on Monday. The Knesset is out of session until after the Jewish holidays in late October (yes, this is the consequence of allowing the Olmert-Barak-Livni-Yishai government to survive the last session), but can be brought back into special session at the request of thirty members. Hafith Barghouthi, the chief editor of the daily Hayat Al-Jadidah, wrote on Wednesday, "It seems a political 'meal' is being cooked on fire behind the scenes…. The fact that Rice met with both negotiation teams separately, then together proves what she said in the press conference about bot Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:52:00 GMT http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=69264067 noreply@blogger.com (Carl in Jerusalem) 2008-08-28T10:52:00Z http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=69175061 At Commentary, John Podhoretz posts an excerpt from a 1992 JPost article in which Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Joseph Biden threatened to cut off aid to Israel over 'settlements.' The confrontation between Biden and then-Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin occurred during the 1982 Operation Peace for Galilee (the 'First Lebanon War'). In a conversation with Sen. Daniel Patrick Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:41:00 GMT http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=69175061 Carl in Jerusalem 2008-08-27T17:41:00Z http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=69137947 Quote: Russia Pushing Weapons Sales in Middle East and Beyond By NILITA PETROV Published: August 27, 2008 MOSCOW -- Three events came together independently to produce an intrigue that is hooking politicians and media in the Middle East. This is what happened. Moscow hosted MVSV-2008, an international show of weapons and military equipment. Then King Abdullah II of Jordan visited the show, met with designers and producers and had a discussion with President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. A few days previously, President Bashar Assad of Syria flew in for talks with Medvedev. The press and television in Amman, Damascus and Tel Aviv have made much of the events, especially the Syrian visit. Israeli media claimed Assad had arrived on a purchasing spree, and his main aim was to buy the Iskander-E tactical missile system, in addition to Pantsyr-S1 and Buk-M2 ground-to-air missile systems and Su-30, MiG-29SMT and MiG-31E fighters. The Iskander missile had been promised to Damascus in 2001, and only a personal request by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to former President Vladimir Putin put a stop to its sale to Syria. But now that Israel has helped to train Georgian commandos and equip the Georgian army that attacked South Ossetia, Moscow thinks it is within its rights to "repay the debt" and provide Damascus with the system, the media in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv said. Yet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters during Assad's visit that Moscow "is ready to supply Syria only with defensive weapons, ones that do not upset the balance of strength in the region." This means that Syria -- as Moscow promised to Tel Aviv -- will not get the Iskander system. Regarding ground- and air-based air defense units, including interceptor fighters, they are not considered offensive armaments and are exempt from Russian-Israeli agreements. Military technical cooperation between Moscow and Damascus needs re-evaluating. Syria owes Russia $3 billion for weap Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:32:58 GMT http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=69137947 Ray 2008-08-27T08:32:58Z http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=69191752 http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=73428 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, completing a visit to the region today, has been pressing Israel to sign a document by the end of the year that would divide Jerusalem by offering the Palestinians a state in Israel’s capital city as well as in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, according to top diplomatic sources [...] Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:26:31 GMT http://www.wikio.co.uk/info?id=69191752 doug 2008-08-27T20:26:31Z