Olmert

[ohl-mert, -mert]

noun

1. Ehud born 1945, Israeli politician: prime minister 2006–09.

Example Sentences

In 2008, then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert tabled a plan at talks with PA President Mahmoud Abbas that would see Israel cede control of 4.9% of its land in return for an equal amount of Palestinian land in the West Bank.

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Two former prime ministers, Ehud Barak and Ehud Olmert, have already accused Netanyahu of turning Israel into an international pariah.

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In an interview for BBC World Service's Newshour programme, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert described the current Israeli administration as a "gang of thugs".

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He was asked about remarks by the Israeli education minister, who had said Olmert should be ashamed of a previous interview with the BBC, where he argued that what Israel was doing in Gaza was "close to a war crime".

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"This is nonsense, they are a group of thugs that are running the state of Israel these days and the head of the gang is Netanyahu - this is a gang of thugs," Olmert said.

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