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  "Humiliated Iran, Don't Need To React": Ex-Israel PM On Tehran's Attacks

  Former Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has urged his country to show restraint after Iran's drone and missile attack Sunday, arguing that a nearly 99 per cent interception rate (by Tel Aviv and its allies) resulted in a "dramatic victory".

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  "Netanyahu Responsible For Hamas Capability Buildup": Israel Ex-PM To NDTV

  "This is not a competition of who kills more": Israel ex PM Ehud Olmert to NDTV on Hamas war

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  Israel's Netanyahu Wins Defamation Case Against Ex-PM Ehud Olmert

  Israel's prime-minister designate Benjamin Netanyahu won his lawsuit against ex-premier Ehud Olmert on Monday, with a Tel Aviv judge ruling Olmert defamed the Netanyahu family by branding them mentally ill.

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  Israeli President Reuven Rivlin Eases Parole Conditions For Ex-PM Ehud Olmert

  Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has eased parole restrictions on ex-prime minister Ehud Olmert, released from prison on Sunday after serving two-thirds of a 27-month sentence for corruption.

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  Israeli Ex-Prime Minister Olmert Freed From Prison After Parole In Graft Case

  Israeli ex-prime minister Ehud Olmert was freed from prison on Sunday after being granted parole in a corruption case that reduced his sentence by a third.

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  Former Israeli PM Olmert Insists On Innocence As Jail Term Begins

  Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert released a video statement insisting on his innocence today, before arriving at prison in a motorcade to begin a 19-month sentence for corruption.

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  Ex-Israeli PM Ehud Olmert To Serve Jail Time On Bribery Conviction

  IIsrael's top court today upheld a bribery conviction against former premier Ehud Olmert, which will make him the country's first ex-prime minister to serve jail time.

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  Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Convicted in Another Corruption Case

  Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, already facing a six-year prison term after a corruption conviction, was found guilty today in a separate case of accepting illegal payments from a US businessman.

• Israeli Court Postpones Imprisonment of Former Prime Minister Olmert

  Israel's Supreme Court has postponed the start of former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's prison sentence pending appeal on his conviction on corruption charges.

• Israeli Soldier's Capture: Echoes of Gilad Shalit

  Friday's disappearance of an Israeli soldier, apparently captured in Gaza, has echoes of the June 2006 seizure of conscript Gilad Shalit who was held by Palestinian militants for five years.

• Ehud Olmert: From Israel's 'Best' To First Bribery Convict

  Ehud Olmert was once described as "probably the best" politician Israel had ever produced, but a major graft scandal has tarred him as the first ex-premier to face prison for bribery.

• Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert Sentenced To 6-Year Jail Term For Corruption

  Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced to six years' imprisonment on Tuesday for taking bribes, in a corruption case that resulted in the first criminal conviction of a former head of government in Israel.

• Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu hits out at 'unacceptable' US wiretapping

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday hit out at the United States for what he described as "unacceptable" wiretapping of his predecessor Ehud Olmert, as reported in the media.

• Former Israeli Prime Minister Olmert cleared in corruption case

  An Israeli court cleared former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Tuesday of the central charges in a multi-case corruption trial that forced him from power, but convicted him of a lesser charge of breach of trust.

• Hamas warned after attacks on Israel

   A huge blast leveled the house of a Hamas commander in the Deir el-Balah refugee camp in southern Gaza early on Monday, wounding at least 32 people, according to Palestinian security officials. They said the blast was the result of an Israeli airstrike, but Israel's military denied that, saying there was no Israeli activity in the area.The re...