(NEWS) Olmert: Terror's Origin Is Islam

"Olmert says foreign governments should get out of political comfort zone for effective war on terror; former PM also slams Netanyahu's foreign policy moves.

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert criticized PM Benjamin Netanyahu's foreign policy as well as Western nations, for their inability to fight terrorism effectively, and offered his solutions to this failure.

Olmert addressed the Israeli government's role in the war on terror during a national security conference on Tuesday, organized by the Israeli Export and International Cooperation Institute."

(NEWS) Olmert: Bush Offered To Absorb 100,000 Palestinian Refugees If Peace Deal Reached

"In address to Geneva Initiative conference, former prime minister calls himself first Israeli leader to publicly recognize Palestinian plight; also hints Barak tried to thwart 'daring defense efforts', defends 'every word' of upcoming book.

Former prime minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday that the Bush administration had assured him that the United States would be willing to absorb some 100,000 Palestinian refugees immediately as American citizens, should Israel reach a permanent settlement with the Palestinian Authority.

The former premier told a Geneva Initiative conference in Tel Aviv that during negotiations with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in 2008 he had offered a solution to the refugee problem that would have been in line with the Arab League peace plan and promised that any measures would be the result of a coordinated agreement."

(NEWS) Olmert: Don't Push Turkey Into Axis Of Evil

"Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said during a speech at the University of Haifa, 'Israel's relations with Turkey have a strategic importance, and a big effort should be made to restore them.'"

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