by Nazir Majli | Aug 6, 2016 | Middle East
Tel Aviv- Israel’s former President Shimon Peres has announced that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved to settle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on a two-state solution. Peres, 93, called in Jaffa for the prompt resumption of the negotiations that have...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 15, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East
The former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has begun a 19 month jail sentence after he was convicted of charges relating to receiving several bribes. He will be placed in a white collar prison and will join the former Israeli president Moshe Katsav who is serving a...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 13, 2014 | Middle East
Tel Aviv, Reuters—Israel’s ex-prime minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced to six years in jail on Tuesday for taking bribes in a real estate deal, a crime the judge said was akin to treason. The first criminal conviction of a former Israeli head of government all...
