Ehud Olmert

Citizen’s arrest and mass disruption of former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert in San Francisco | You Tube

Leftnews.org (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

A well organized disruption by citizens in the Bay Area.

There is no money for life of the Jewish people....BECAUSE ALL THE MONEY IS BEING TARGETED TOWARDS DEATH: Why waste money building, when at the same time you plan destruction?!

ISRAEL TRUTH TIMES (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Netanyahu held dozens of meetings before purchasing the swine flu immunizations and also led the government in an across-the-board budget cut of NIS 2 billion, about a quarter of which has been allocated to cover the costs of the seasonal and swine flu immunizations. Simple math: 500 million shekels to administer poison to the population, taken from essential life functions such as schools. Why bother...

Mideast Failure Looms for Obama

Palestinian Pundit (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

By Tony Karon Published on TIME.com "The Obama Administration’s bid to relaunch an Israeli-Palestinian peace process is falling apart faster than you can say settlement freeze — in no small part because President Obama began his effort by saying “settlement freeze.”...... Netanyahu has used the Palestinian refusal to engage in unconditional talks as an opportunity to blame...

• Mideast Failure Looms for Obama - Rootless Cosmopolitan

Netanyahu will offer 'Palestinians' less land

M E N O R A H (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

Here's another indication that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu understands that the offers made to the 'Palestinians' by Ehud Barak and Ehud Olmert were suicidal and cannot be repeated. The new settlement of Maskiot and the expansion of farmland are just...

• Netanyahu will offer 'Palestinians' less land - Israel Matzav

Who Decided To Go To War In Gaza and Why?

FreeThoughtManifesto (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009

By Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondent Last update - 08:22 28/10/2009 Courtesy Of Haaretz NewsPaper I want to know how and why it was decided to embark on Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip and to expand it into a ground offensive. I want to know if the decisions were affected by the Israeli election campaign then underway and the change in U.S. presidents. I want to know if the leaders who launched...

PFLP: Shut down the war criminals wherever they go!

Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009

Protests have recently greeted the leaders and representatives of the occupation state wherever they have traveled - in October 2009 in the United States, former occupation prime minister and war criminal Ehud Olmert has been chased from city to city, shouted down in every venue and exposed for his war crimes. Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon was protested and his speech interrupted at the London...

Chirac and Olmert

Shiloh Musings (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009

As an Israeli, it hasn't been pleasant to realize all the corruption in our government. The epitome has been Ehud Olmert. One doesn't hear a word defending his behavior. I'd rather he be condemned for the dangerous policies he supported and the lack of proper planning and thinking before the wars he declared. But if it's his selfish corruption that caught him, at least he's out of office. I know that...

War crimes arrest awaiting Olmert's UK visit

Deep Politics Monitor (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009

30 Oct 2009 Former Israeli premier Ehud Olmert would probably face arrest on war crime charges if he visited Britain, a leading British newspapers has quoted a lawyer as saying. "Neither Olmert nor Tzipi Livni, the foreign minister during the Cast Lead offensive, and a member of Israel's war cabinet, would enjoy immunity from prosecution for alleged breaches of the Geneva conventions," the...

Vindication of the Zionist "Narrative" by a...

The Contentious Centrist (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009

Vindication of the Zionist "Narrative" by a formerly "Post-Zionist" Historian This is an important milestone in arresting the momentum of the attempt to delegitimize Israel's existence and continued survival by Benny Morris. One of those "Post-Zionist" historians, he used to lounge next to the execrable Ilan Pappe but now has re-invigorated the original history of the...

American Students Pay $50,000 to Hear and Shout at Olmert

Jewish Internet Defense Force (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009

(IsraelNN.com) Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert received $50,000 from University of Arkansas students to deliver a 45-minute lecture Tuesday night, interrupted by a protest inside the hall while dozens of other demonstrators shouted outside. The students were given the opportunity to ask Olmert pre-submitted questions for half an hour after... [Read more....]

Benny Morris' 180-Degree Turnabout

My Right Word (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009

Avi Beker points out how Benny Morris has basically, made a " Return to the fold " in his historiographical presentation of the Israel-Arab conflict. Highlights: ...the post-Zionist era, has come to an end. The historical debate between Zionists and anti-Zionists hasn't changed, but it is no longer possible to hide behind claims of a Zionist conspiracy to expel Israel's Arabs and ethnic cleansing...

Ehud Olmert could face war crimes arrest if he visits UK

Palestinian Pundit (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009

• Prosecution of Israelis likely, says solicitor • Lawyers working on use of universal jurisdiction Ian Black, Middle East editor guardian.co.uk , Tuesday 27 October 2009 ( Click on Cartoon by Carlos Latuff to enlarge ) " Ehud Olmert , Israel 's prime minister during the Gaza war, would probably face arrest on war crimes charges if he visited Britain, according to a UK lawyer who is...

• 'War crimes arrest likely' if Olmert visits UK - The Observer
• Ehud Olmert could face war crimes arrest if he visits UK. - The Osterley Times
• See the 4 articles on the same subject

Anything US students can do.....

Jews sans frontieres (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009

Goodness, this student protest lark must be catching. No sooner has Gabriel reported on the disruption of a talk given by Ehud Olmert than reports are coming in of similar treatment being meted out to Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister, Daniel Ayalon. This report is from Indymedia UK : Over 50 Students and activists protested and disrupted a lecture tonight at the London School of Economics (LSE) by...

Ali Abunimah: Citzen's Arrest and Mass Disruption of Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert in San Francisco

The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009

Bay Area residents attempted a citizen's arrest of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, while he gave a speech to the World Affairs Council in San Francisco on 22 October 2009.

Ehud Olmert interrupted several times in San Francisco

MR's Blog (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009

Wherever he goes there is no peace. Related posts:Ehud Olmert: “We must reach an agreement with the Palestinians, meaning a withdrawal from nearly all, if not all, of the territories.”Beards are sexy! NY Times says.MR in New York Times Video Related posts: Ehud Olmert: “We must reach an agreement with the Palestinians, meaning a withdrawal from nearly all, if not all, of the territories.”...