Israel's Olmert rejects Syria conditions for talks
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Syria was setting an "impossible threshold" for peace talks by demanding Israel commit to withdraw fully from the occupied Golan Heights before negotiations resume.
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The U.S. and Israel have agreed to reject any Palestinian government that does not meet the conditions set by the so-called Mideast Quartet, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is scheduled to meet separately Sunday with Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas before a three-way summit with both of them on Monday.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Israel cannot meet a Syrian demand to commit in advance of peace negotiations to withdraw from all Syrian territory captured in the 1967 Middle East war.
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PM Ehud Olmert holds Israel's first talks with a senior member of the Saudi royal family, Israeli officials say.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  said Thursday he opposed peace talks with Syria while it  continued to host Palestinian militant groups in Damascus.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has instructed the Housing Ministry not to issue any additional building permits on occupied land in the West Bank, Israel's Army Radio reported on Friday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called for more dramatic measures to be taken against Iran and declined to rule out a military attack against Tehran in an interview with Germany's Spiegel magazine.Comment
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is exploring the possibility of renewing peace talks with Syria and has indicated he is willing to give up the Golan Heights, a senior Israeli official said Thursday.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert appeared in an interview broadcast on Monday to acknowledge Israel has atomic weapons or aspirations to acquire them, but a government spokeswoman denied that was his intent.
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Israel's prime minister on Thursday said it was wrong to link the Arab-Israeli conflict with woes in the Middle East and ruled out any immediate talks with Syria despite a U.S. report urging negotiations.
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Syria convenes a conference of rejectionists demanding an end to peace talks with Israel
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TEL AVIV -- Israel's foreign minister said yesterday that it was time the Jewish state talked to the Palestinians, adding that no conditions should be put on meeting President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  rejected reported peace overtures by Syria on Wednesday, saying  it had to crack down on Islamic militant groups under its  control before negotiations that stalled in 2000 could resume.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert rejected   on Monday international criticism of Israel's offensive in Gaza   and demands by militants to free Palestinian prisoners in   exchange for an abducted Israeli soldier.
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Israel is trying to stop Russia selling missiles to arch-foe Syria, which the Jewish state accuses of backing Hizbollah guerrillas and Palestinian militants, Israeli and Russian media said on Wednesday.
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BEN-GURION AIRPORT, Israel  - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday a Palestinian plot against his life had caused him "great displeasure" but he would continue his peace dialogue with the Palestinians.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert   rejected on Monday an ultimatum by Palestinian militants, who   abducted an Israeli soldier, for Israel to release Palestinian   prisoners.