Ehud Olmert

Quotes

• “The formula for the parameters of a unilateral solution are: To maximize the number of Jews; to minimize the number of Palestinians; not to withdraw to the 1967 border and not to divide Jerusalem.”
• “For thousands of years, we Jews have been nourished and sustained by a yearning for our historic land. I, like many others, was raised with a deep conviction that the day would never come when we would have to relinquish parts of the land of our forefathers. I believed and to this day still believe in our people's eternal and historic right to this entire land.”
• “The day will come when the two-state solution collapses and we face a South African-style struggle for equal voting rights. As soon as that happens, the state of Israel is finished. The Jewish organizations, which were our power base in America, will be the first to come out against us, because they will say they cannot support a state that does not support democracy and equal voting rights for all its residents.”
• “What we are doing in Gaza now is a war of devastation: indiscriminate, limitless, cruel and criminal killing of civilians. It’s the result of government policy – knowingly, evilly, maliciously, irresponsibly dictated.”

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Key dates

Born

30 September 1945

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

male

Citizenship

Israel

Spouse

Aliza Olmert

Father

Mordechai Olmert

Occupation

mayor

Position held

Mayor of Jerusalem

Educated at

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Political party

Likud

Languages spoken

Hebrew

Native language

Hebrew

Religion

Judaism

Image

Clinton and Olmert 2009 (cropped).png

Number of children

+4

Work location

Jerusalem

Convicted of

corruption

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