Word: olmert
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...hosting his nation's 60th birthday party, but the smile on the face of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as he greets VIP guests - including, later this week, President George W. Bush - appears wan and perfunctory. It's hard to be the life of the party when you're facing a criminal investigation...
...timing of the latest probe into Olmert's finances could not have been worse for the politically beleaguered prime minister. Just as celebratory fireworks cascaded over Jerusalem's ancient domes and spires, prosecutors were readying a case over allegations that he has, over the years, accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash stuffed into envelopes from New York financier Morris Talansky. Olmert does not deny receiving the envelopes, but he insists they were campaign contributions that he never used personally. Talansky has denied that he tried to bribe Olmert...
...government leaders responded only by saying that they would refer the issue to the army, which is considered the country's only neutral institution. A Hizballah spokesman rejected the overture, and on the streets today, opposition fighters viewed the government proposal with visceral disdain. "These are the orders of Olmert," said one, referring to Israel's Prime Minister. "If they choose Israel instead of us, they will die with Israel," said another...
...brought Arabs and Israelis together in Annapolis, Md., to launch a final-year push for peace. Though there were skeptics, Bush was proposing something none of his predecessors had tried: a "paper only" deal that would be signed even with minimal on-the-ground concessions. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas were so politically weak, Bush negotiators thought, such a deal might be the only way they each could hold on to power...
Israel is just one stop on the future Republican candidate's tour as part of the Senate Armed Services Committee. After Israel, where he met with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert - and to the chagrin of the Palestinians, only spoke on the telephone to President Mahmoud Abbas - he flies on to the United Kingdom and France...