Ehud Olmert
Ehud Olmert

For me, Arik Sharon - I remember his courage and inspiration. I want to remember him the way he really was, not as an aging 80-year-old man living in bed helpless and unconscious.

Ehud Olmert
Ehud Olmert

When I addressed international forums as prime minister, the Israeli people expected me to present bold political initiatives that would bring peace - not arguments outlining why achieving peace now is not possible.

Ehud Olmert
Ehud Olmert

Yasser Arafat never wanted to make peace with Israel.

Ehud Olmert
Ehud Olmert

Terrorist organizations such as Hamas must be shut down.

Ehud Olmert
Ehud Olmert

I want to lead. I want to change. And I'm going to do it.

Ehud Olmert
Ehud Olmert

The legacies of Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat, of Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein, stand as an inspiration for all who work for peace.

Ehud Olmert
Ehud Olmert

I'm entirely free of any suspicions or complaints about the Obama administration. I think the Obama administration is very friendly to Israel. I know a lot of the people in the administration, and they are committed to Israel.

Ehud Olmert
Ehud Olmert

I'm not in power, but my ideas are in power. And my ideas will prevail.

Ehud Olmert
Ehud Olmert

Everything that can strengthen Abu Mazen is favourable.

Ehud Olmert
Ehud Olmert

Arafat is the greatest instigator of terror.

Ehud Olmert
Ehud Olmert

A bloc of states is emerging that understands that they may have been wrong to think that Israel is the world's greatest problem.

Ehud Olmert
Ehud Olmert

We must give up Arab neighborhoods in Jerusalem and return to the core of the territory that is the State of Israel prior to 1967, with minor corrections dictated by the reality created since then.

Ehud Olmert
Ehud Olmert

Barack Obama's journey to the White House has impressed and inspired the entire world.

Ehud Olmert
Ehud Olmert

Israel is grateful that America believes in us.

Ehud Olmert
Ehud Olmert

When it was not very comfortable, politically, for me, I said things which lots of people didn't like, some of them may have liked. I said my beliefs, my truth, and my convictions, and that's how I am going to continue to do in the future.

Ehud Olmert
Ehud Olmert

A prime minister has to keep a certain balance when dealing with sensitive issues.

Ehud Olmert
Ehud Olmert

Every word I wrote in my book is documented, certified, true, and correct. The truth wins, and that is my picture.

Ehud Olmert
Ehud Olmert

The United States is a superpower whose influence reaches across oceans and beyond borders.

Ehud Olmert
Ehud Olmert

The Goldstone Committee was formed in April of 2009, after I was not prime minister. So it was a new political situation.

Ehud Olmert
Ehud Olmert

Throughout the second intifada, America provided unprecedented support for Israel's struggle against Palestinian terrorism and Israel's construction of the security barrier.