Haaretz.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Prof. Uriel Reichman was promised the education portfolio in the Kadima government, but now he is outside looking in - and is horrified. The prime minister, he says, should suspend himself and the justice minister is delegitimizing the judicial system
Yeshiva World News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Shas leader Minister Eli Yishai and Minister of Public Security (Kadima) Avi Dichter on Wednesday evening traveled to Ashkelon for a firsthand look at the Chutzot Mall after a Grad rocket slammed into the building at about 6PM. Yishai called for “moving from talk to action,” stating Israel can no longer permit the current situation to [...]
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Full text of remarks by President Bush and Israeli President Shimon Peres. PRESIDENT PERES: Mr. President, Secretary of State, distinguished delegation, I got permission from the Americans to be — and Tzipi Livni, our Foreign Minister. I got permission to be all my life an optimist. And you bring with you optimism, so I feel a [...]
Yeshiva World News (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
A source close to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert quoted by the Yisrael HaYom daily stated on Monday that “Olmert knows in the next election, he will not be part of Kadima.” “Olmert has a decisive position in the party, but nevertheless he is well-aware that the situation is irreversible.” Regarding elections for Knesset, it is becoming increasingly [...]
Yeshiva World News (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
As far as events in the Kadima Party and the investigation against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Mofaz stated that every citizen is presumed innocent until proven otherwise, and the same holds true for Olmert. While refusing to directly respond to the question if he sees himself as a candidate for prime minister if Olmert is compelled to step down, Mofaz stated that he and the majority of Kadima...
Yeshiva World News (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Rechovot Mayor (Kadima) Shuki Forer is about to be indicted on charges of fraud, conspiracy, perjury and breech of trust. The allegations against the mayor date back to 1998, when he was competing in the mayoral race. A final hearing by prosecution officials is scheduled to take place later in the week at which time the decision [...]
Yeshiva World News (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
A report by Ynet quoting a senior unnamed Palestinian Authority official states PA officials are monitoring events in Israel surrounding the expanding investigation surrounding alleged illegal activities by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. PA officials fear that if Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni assumes the mantel of leadership, her government would be weak and fragile, drawing an analogy [...]
Yeshiva World News (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Some 200 Kadima Party activists on Sunday night attended a Petach Tikvah event intended to show solidarity for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. His supporters attempted to create an air of optimism, stating with a modicum of confidence that the prime minister will overcome and continue leading the nation as he has done to date. They stated [...]
Israel Matzav (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Poll: Most want Olmert to resign; Kadima stays biggest party with Livni YNet published a poll Monday morning that indicates that 59% of the country's population wants Prime Minister to or at least suspend himself until the investigation into the bribery charges against him is completed. 60% of those surveyed believe that Olmert took bribes, while only 22% believe that he did not.But the poll...
Haaretz.com (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Top Kadima party members closed ranks behind Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday, praising his response to bribery suspicions that could force him from office and disrupt peace efforts with the Palestinians. ...
Yeshiva World News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Suleiman is expected to arrive in Israel on Monday, where he will hold meetings with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni. Suleiman will push the senior Israeli officials to accept the Egyptian initiative, a peace plan that will result in a cessation of Israeli military [...]
Yeshiva World News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
While senior Kadima Party officials Ministers Meir Sheetrit and Shaul Mofaz are not looking to replace Prime Minister Ehud Olmert [just yet], they are calling to arrange for party primaries, stating this is the only way to permit the party's 60,000 registered voters to speak their voice. They are planning for the day after, following [...]
Yeshiva World News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Despite the lifting of the gag order and the release of information against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, the cabinet ministers are remaining conspicuously silent, with each concerned with his/her own agenda. The ministers of the prime minister’s party, Tzipi Livni, Shaul Mofaz and Meir Sheetrit are busying themselves with weighing the political climate, each viewing himself [...]
Ynet News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Ruling party's four senior ministers – Livni, Mofaz, Dichter and Sheetrit – working hectically below the surface ahead of possible primary elections following potential resignation by prime minister. 'No one wants to be caught with his or her pants down,' source in Kadima says
A Blog For All (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
How nice of him to consider resigning under those conditions. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who took over the Kadima party when Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was stricken with an incapacitating stroke, has been a serious failure ever since. His waffling led to serious failures to deal with the Hizbullah threat in Lebanon. His refusal to deal decisively with the rocket war has meant that Southern...
