Ehud Olmert

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Hamas launches a rocket from Gaza City toward Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. (Mohammed Saber/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)

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On Oct. 7, 2023, a new earth-shattering chapter in the history of violent encounters between Palestinians and Israelis launched their most devastating war yet. Almost one year later, too many thousands of people have been killed on both sides. The Gaza Strip has been destroyed, and most of its inhabitants have become refugees once again; there are now about 2 million homeless Gazans. More than 200,000 Israelis also have been displaced, forced to leave their homes near Gaza and in the north, near the border with Lebanon. The war now threatens to spread across Lebanon itself, and perhaps the broader region as well.…  Seguir leyendo »

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As the United Nations General Assembly opens this year, I feel uneasy. An unnecessary diplomatic clash between Israel and the Palestinians is taking shape in New York, and it will be harmful to Israel and to the future of the Middle East.

I know that things could and should have been different.

I truly believe that a two-state solution is the only way to ensure a more stable Middle East and to grant Israel the security and well-being it desires. As tensions grow, I cannot but feel that we in the region are on the verge of missing an opportunity — one that we cannot afford to miss.…  Seguir leyendo »

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Israel's partnership with the United States is one of its greatest strategic assets. The United States provides Israel with crucial security and economic aid and invaluable political backing in the international arena. Amid the legitimate rapprochement President Obama has initiated with the Arab and Muslim world, it is important not to underestimate the multifaceted nature of U.S. relations with Israel, the only real Middle Eastern democracy whose founding principles are based on the Western values of liberty and freedom for all.

During the tenure of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, and my administration after that, we, together with President George W. Bush, boosted Israeli-U.S.…  Seguir leyendo »

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Six days, 40 years ago. Looking back to the weeks preceding the war, it may be difficult for you to imagine just how desperate life seemed for Israelis, ringed by peoples whose armies pointed their weapons towards us, whose leaders daily promised the imminent destruction of our state and whose newspapers carried crude cartoons of Jews being kicked off the face of the earth. As we consecrated mass graves in expectation of the worst, we were once again people facing annihilation. We had no alternative but to defend ourselves, no strategic allies to ensure our survival. We stood alone.

Our victory in those six days in June 1967 - swift, complete and totally unexpected - showed us and the world we were not going to be wiped off the map that easily.…  Seguir leyendo »