Political leaders can help change the psychological climate which affects the quality of relationships among people. – Ehud Olmert
How are fears born? They are born because of differences in tradition and history; they are born because of differences in emotional, political and national circumstances. Because of such differences, people fear they cannot live together. – Ehud Olmert
As long as there are no negotiations with the Palestinians, Israel is and will continue to be in a difficult situation. – Ehud Olmert
Palestinians want Israel to return back into boundaries, the width of which is 12 km., that can be cut into pieces within minutes. – Ehud Olmert
Palestinian violence is not a response to the capture of the West Bank and Gaza. Palestinian nationalism’s roots are not so shallow. – Ehud Olmert
The United States is a superpower whose influence reaches across oceans and beyond borders. – Ehud Olmert
I would never agree to an exclusive Muslim sovereignty over areas that are religiously important to Jews and Christians. – Ehud Olmert
Already at the time of Israel’s birth, Ben-Gurion extended his hand in peace to the Arab nations. His hand was rejected, but it remains extended. – Ehud Olmert
Many Palestinians have been living for decades in camps, disconnected from the environment in which they grew up, wallowing in poverty, in neglect, alienation, bitterness, and a deep, unrelenting sense of humiliation. – Ehud Olmert
I always wake up early Saturday morning, and I have a little bit more time, so I go to the gym. – Ehud Olmert
The military operation in Lebanon was the most successful military operation in recent Israeli history. Many in Israel don’t recognise that. – Ehud Olmert
I can tell you that if I’d had an opportunity to meet with King Abdullah of the Saudis – which I have not – he would be very surprised to hear what I have to say. – Ehud Olmert
I don’t know that there is one serious American representative that will advise Israel to sit with a terrorist government and negotiate with them. – Ehud Olmert
It is impossible to think of a world in which America was not there in the honorable service of humanity. – Ehud Olmert
The fundamental interest – long-range strategic interest – of the state of Israel is that we will have the international bodies and primarily the United Nations recognize the two-state solution, so that there will never be any doubt as to the right of Israel to have its own Jewish independent state. – Ehud Olmert
Politicians are strong to the extent that they are ready to take serious decisions and fight for it. – Ehud Olmert
I’m not in the most comfortable position, but I think my government is very stable, perhaps more stable than any government in modern Israeli history. – Ehud Olmert
Don’t fall in love with everything that you may have read and everything that you may have heard from any political leader, including myself. – Ehud Olmert
I was not born to be prime minister, and I’m not going to stay here until the end of my life. I’m too young for that. – Ehud Olmert
What do you prefer? A prime minister obsessed with being popular, or a prime minister who does the job? – Ehud Olmert
