Word: olmert
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...Most recently, the Israeli authorities angered conservative Jewish groups when they slapped down an attempt by Jerusalem's right-wing mayor, Ehud Olmert, to stop construction of a new emergency exit at the Al Aqsa mosque, the third holiest site in Islam that sits on top of the holiest site in Judaism, the Temple Mount. A perennial problem for the keepers of the city's peace is the fact that Jewish prophecy posits the rebuilding of Solomon's Temple as a precondition for the arrival of the Messiah, which would inevitably involve the destruction of Al Aqsa...
...been widely reported that Moskowitz gave money to Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert, though Olmert denies receiving so much as "a penny" from Moskowitz. In a rare Israeli newspaper interview in August, Moskowitz confirmed that he had helped Netanyahu financially. "Yes," he said, "not much, and in the framework of the law, from my private funds." His main support, he added, was consultation. "Every time Netanyahu asked for advice, I helped. We are friends...
JERUSALEM: There is no faster killer of Middle East peace than a housing settlement. Which is why nearly every major player in the process was furious at Jerusalem mayor Ehud Olmert's decision to award a building permit for an Arab neighborhood to Miami millionaire Irving Moscowitz without letting any of them in on it. "Those two tried to pull a fast one," says TIME's Lisa Beyer in Jerusalem. "Moscowitz and Olmert are both intent on this for ideological reasons, and they don't feel they need anyone's permission." Benjamin Netanyahu, who has had his share of trouble...
...publicize and sympathize with their whines and laments while ignoring their flagrant violations of the peace accords, such as the continued operation of illegal offices in Jerusalem--a much more serious infringement on the delicate status of the holy city, incidentally, than any entirely licit move made by Mayor Olmert. Indeed, the Palestinian Authority is barred by the Oslo Accords from establishing any official presence whatsoever in Jerusalem. Should we be so shocked, then, that the city's legitimate government is making reasonable municipal decisions without first consulting Yasser Arafat and his ministers...
...Haram Al-Sharif, coupled with previous attempts at undermining the Islamic character of the shrine has caused angry responses all around the Arab and Islamic worlds. The opening of the tunnel came unilaterally without prior consultation with the Palestinian Authority; the right-wing mayor of Jerusalem Ehud Olmert proudly declared that "the time has come to show that such a decision would be made without seeking Palestinian permission...