EMM News Explorer: Ehud Olmert

[-told]: The state witness in the Holyland case is an abominable liar, but instead of putting him in jail, you're paying him and bribing him,

aljazeera 10-JAN-12

[said:]: for the last three years I have been subject to an almost inhumane system of smearing and investigations and have naturally paid a heavy price for this period..now is the time for facts and only facts. I have come here as an innocent man and I believe I'll come out of here an innocent man.

cnn 05-JAN-12

[-said]: I often ask myself whether Israel decided to declare war on the entire world?

jpost 22-DEC-11

[-said]: In a country where citizens can assault IDF soldiers and continue to walk free, this is a threat on democracy,

yediotaharonot 22-DEC-11

[-explained]: The Pensioners are allowing us to use their framework to build a new party from scratch, which will be more flexible than joining a party in the Knesset today,

jrep 14-DEC-11

[-wrote]: At no point was any restriction imposed on passing intelligence, even the most sensitive, and I never received a report, a request or a recommendation from any intelligence official to limit your exposure to such information,

news 13-NOV-11

[-added]: in my time there were no public dramas. I forbade ministers from speaking and the talk stopped. I have seen no restraint in this government.

ynetnews 06-NOV-11

[added:]: On this topic we need to act with sense and restraint, with responsibility and humility. We are not the only powerful state or the most powerful state in the world. We need to know how to maneuver so that we get the best results at the lowest cost, not the other way around.

ynetnews 06-NOV-11

[-told]: I know what [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas] needs. He needs something on refugees and on Jerusalem. I’ll give him enough land, maybe something like 94 percent with swaps. I have an idea about Jerusalem. There will be two capitals, one for us in west Jerusalem and one for the Palestinians in east Jerusalem. The mayor of the joint-city council will be selected by population percentage. That means an Israeli mayor, so the deputy should be a Palestinian. We will continue to provide security for the Holy

jpost 01-NOV-11

[ said]: I am happy that Schalit is home, happy for him and for his family,

jrep 24-OCT-11

[ said]: I found Abbas to be a fair partner, opposed to terror,

albawaba 02-OCT-11

[-wrote]: In the worst case scenario, chaos and violence could erupt, making the possibility of an agreement even more distant, if not impossible,

trust 23-SEP-11

[-said]: I'm the last one who would say that the statements made by Turkish prime ministers and chief representatives over the last two years and the last few days are music to my ears,

todayszaman 06-SEP-11

[-added]: I am glad the Israeli response in recent days was restrained. Turkey served as a bridge for our interests and I believe this can happen again in the future. Turkey is not Israel’s enemy and Israel is not Turkey’s enemy. Turkey has helped Israel in the past with important classified issues and this can happen again,

hurriyetdailynews 05-SEP-11

[-said]: I know [the current Palestinian leadership] better than anyone, we met for many years. There will not be a Palestinian leadership that would want peace more than the current one,

hurriyetdailynews 05-SEP-11

[-urge]: I am glad the Israeli response in recent days was restrained. Turkey served as a bridge for our interests and I believe this can happen again in the future. Turkey is not Israel's enemy and Israel is not Turkey's enemy Turkey has helped Israel in the past with important classified issues and this can happen again,

haaretz 04-SEP-11

[-responded]: I have said so on numerous occasions, both with regard to Messer and to Oved. I said I took Oved under my wing. He did good things and I am grateful to him,

haaretz 25-JUL-11

[said:]: I'm not the person who never uttered a word without getting money. There were those who traveled against the law, but not me.

ynetnews 21-JUL-11

[-said]: pure speculation, not connected to any evidence,

jpost 15-JUL-11

[ said]: He’s a close friend. I can ask him for things that I don’t ask from those who are not my friends,

jpost 13-JUL-11

[-maintained that]: I gave $7,500 to Ehud.

jpost 13-JUL-11

[-said]: If Shula did transfer money, it’s most likely that it would have been connected to that, but I don’t remember it,

jpost 13-JUL-11

[-maintained that]: written on them so that everyone would think they were connected with me, and only after he turned state witness did he say admit they were faked.

jpost 11-JUL-11

[ answered]: When I opened the newspaper that morning I saw that I had been accused of receiving illegal monies, so when I was asked [by investigators] ‘did you receive money,’ I said no, I did not,

jpost 08-JUL-11

[ said]: I’m not confusing anything, I’m telling the truth,

jpost 08-JUL-11

[-replied that]: When someone donates $150,000, you don’t call him and thank him personally?

jpost 08-JUL-11

[-said that]: crook.

jpost 08-JUL-11

[-replied]: At the time I was not aware of it,

jpost 08-JUL-11

[-explained]: I've already said that after a long while I discovered certain things about Mr. Talansky didn't add up. I've mentioned this a few times before,

ynetnews 07-JUL-11

[-answered that]: You never said, not even once, to Zaken, ‘What happened to the $150,000?’

jpost 06-JUL-11

[ said]: What happened between Shula [Zaken] and Messer only they can answer,

jpost 06-JUL-11

[-answered]: From the start, I felt that I was up against people who didn’t want to accept things as they were,

jpost 06-JUL-11

[-answered]: I did things that were a hundred times more important than asking ‘Where was the $150,000?’ I had things on my mind that were a hundred times more important and dramatic at that time,

jpost 06-JUL-11

[-further told]: Now I know that I was told by the same investigator something that was the exact opposite of what Messer had told her the day before.

jpost 05-JUL-11

[-answered that]: Is that one of the ways you used the money that wasn't reported?

jpost 05-JUL-11

[ said]: The names of two of the major donors I cannot mention even today,

jpost 05-JUL-11

[said that:]: in practice

jpost 05-JUL-11

[-answered]: Once or twice, yes,

jpost 05-JUL-11

[ replied]: I may have given him a contribution,

haaretz 05-JUL-11

[-answered]: From the start I felt that I was up against people who didn't want to accept things as they were,

jpost 05-JUL-11

[-answered]: , I had things on my mind that were a hundred times more important and dramatic at that time,

jpost 05-JUL-11

[ said]: What happened between Shula [Zaken] and Messer, only they can answer,

jpost 05-JUL-11

[-answered that]: ?

jpost 05-JUL-11

[said that:]: I never knew that there were excesses of flight funds. I never instructed my staff to do anything of the sort that is described. The prosecution created a monster so they could charge me.

jpost 04-JUL-11

[ said]: It is a matter that I am curious about to this day,

jpost 01-JUL-11

[-said]: It's the story that never was. It doesn't have a beginning, middle or ending. It's a fantasy,

ynetnews 23-JUN-11

[ said]: In retrospect I found out that we were talking about a safe, but that has nothing to do with the accusations. Since the funds were legal the safe was legal. My objections are about the accusations that I attempted to hide the existence of the funds because they were illegal,

jpost 21-JUN-11

[said:]: I unequivocally reject the argument as it appears in the indictment sheet. I did not keep a secret safe in any way or form. The claim in unfounded.

haaretz 21-JUN-11

[ said]: Most of the fundraising was done in the US,

jpost 21-JUN-11

[-added]: political money for funding my continuous activity between elections.

haaretz 21-JUN-11

[-said]: It was crystal clear that I was free from dealing with the financial matters,

jpost 21-JUN-11

[-testified]: I have no doubt that I was informed of the growing debt after elections, but I promised to collect money and solve the problem,

jpost 20-JUN-11

[-described]: Talansky is saying things that are make-believe, they are nonsense.

jpost 16-JUN-11

[ said]: This whole story about loans is a fantasy for which I have no explanation. I don’t have a shred of doubt that nothing of the sort happened,

jpost 16-JUN-11

[-said]: This never happened. This is a totally baseless claim,

jpost 16-JUN-11

[-said]: This was trivial in my eyes; as long as the government approved my flights, I didn’t concern myself with these details,

jpost 15-JUN-11

[-said]: These claims about me having an account with Rishon Tours are completely baseless. I never knew that such an account existed. No one told me about it. I never knew that there were excesses of flight funds. I never instructed my staff to do anything of the sort that is described,

jpost 15-JUN-11

[-said]: I might have known that we turned to Rishon Tours, but I don’t remember it ever being a problem. I also don’t remember the accountant-general ever indicating that there was a problem with the way we booked tickets with the travel agency,

jpost 15-JUN-11

[-said]: I never, in all my travels, had to ask permission for travels from the accountant-general so he could get approval for government budgeting. I never spoke to him. It is unheard of that a minister would ask the accountant-general for such a thing,

jpost 15-JUN-11

[-said]: I might have known that we turned to Rishon Tours, but I don't remember it ever being a problem,

upi 14-JUN-11

[-said]: In a normal country, I wouldn't need his [accountant general] approval,

upi 14-JUN-11

[-said]: 'My own personal investment bank' is a fabrication of the prosecution. I didn't know that there was any such account. I had no idea. No one told me that it exists.

upi 14-JUN-11

[-was asked]: tainted by dishonesty.

jpost 13-JUN-11

[-said]: It's the prosecution's hallucination,

ynetnews 13-JUN-11

[ said]: I was never involved in flight bookings or payment. There may have been several specific instances, which I have addressed, when things were brought to my attention. But as a rule I simply didn’t deal with those things,

jpost 13-JUN-11

[-said]: This was trivial in my eyes, as long as the government approved my flight, I didn’t concern myself with these details,

jpost 13-JUN-11

[responded:]: There is no such thing. Never; that I should need to get advanced budgetary approval from the comptroller? Nonsense.

ynetnews 13-JUN-11

[ said]: These claims about me having an account in Rishon Tours are completely baseless. I never knew that such an account existed. No one told me about it. I never knew that there were excesses of flight funds. I never instructed my staff to do anything of the sort that is described,

jpost 13-JUN-11

[ said]: I never, in all my travels, had to ask permission for travels from the accountant-general, so he could get approval for government budget. I never spoke to him. It is unheard of that a minister would ask the accountant general for such a thing,[*]This is something that the prosecution made up in order to found their baseless claims.

jpost 13-JUN-11

[-said]: I flew countless trips the last number of years,

jpost 09-JUN-11

[-said]: From time to time Rachel [Rizby Raz] would approach me with a specific question and I would answer her about it, but does anybody seriously think that the vice premier would sit with a calculator and make the calculations about who paid what?

jpost 07-JUN-11

[ said]: I've been part of this story and I've made decisions. We've done things that cannot be discussed,

ynetnews 02-JUN-11

[-said]: At one point in March 2007, the Mossad chief called and said he wanted to see me,

jpost 02-JUN-11

[-said]: From that moment,

jpost 02-JUN-11

[-agreed]: That sort of thing rarely happens.

jpost 02-JUN-11

[-said]: traumatic event.

jpost 02-JUN-11

[said:]: Schalit still isn't with us. It's a difficult issue.

jpost 02-JUN-11

[-said]: I don't remember when [the State Attorney] became the public loudspeaker for every little thing that was said,

jpost 02-JUN-11

[-said]: I did not accept a bribe from Talansky. I did not hide a bribe from Uri Messer. I said it to the investigators and I'll say it today,

jpost 02-JUN-11

[-said]: Gilad Shalit's kidnapping was a traumatic experience, we all know that. It is not proper for me to get into this here. I accompanied this issue and made decisions. We did things that cannot be discussed. At this moment Gilad Shalit is not with us and this is without a doubt a difficult issue I carry with me,

ynetnews 02-JUN-11

[-told]: I'm fighting for my life here, nothing else,

ynetnews 02-JUN-11

[ said]: I want you to know what I did for years and who I met with. I'm not talking about 15 trips, I'm talking about hundreds of trips over the years, during which I raised millions of dollars for the Likud. I'm trying to unload the troubles that I've been plagued with for three years,

jpost 31-MAY-11

[-said]: If it wasn't for Shula I wouldn't know the condition of my bank overdraft. She had the authority to pay my bills and write checks in my name. I hadn't met with my bank manager for 30 years. She took care of everything,

jpost 31-MAY-11

[ said]: Talansky was portrayed as an international businessman and a billionaire, but in truth he was an employee who earned a generous salary in local terms, but far from the way he is being described today,

jpost 31-MAY-11

[-said]: The money was raised in meetings and dinners organized by Talansky. Empty envelopes were left on the table and whoever wanted to, could donate by cash payments, credit card or checks,

jpost 31-MAY-11

[-declared]: It is very, very important that you recognize the person I believe I am,

haaretz 31-MAY-11

[said:]: Maybe these sound like stories from a distant past, but they have to do with who I am and what I represented, not the person that they are making me out to be.

haaretz 31-MAY-11

[ said]: I put my trust in her. She was my confidant and still is despite the circumstances,

jpost 31-MAY-11

[-wrote]: [Peace] will not be achieved with speeches to Congress or the Knesset but rather with the courage to take decisions that will change a reality that is increasingly creating a substantive threat on the State of Israel's stature, on the international support it receives, and on its future as a Jewish democratic state,

jpost 27-MAY-11

[-wrote]: This may have been the happiest moment in our diplomatic lives for some time now, and it may remain that way for a long time to come,

jpost 27-MAY-11

[-wrote]: The two-state solution is vital for Israel's security and existence,

jpost 27-MAY-11

[-wrote]: expressed a simple truth, which we simply cannot do without. The entire world ... unequivocally supports resolving our conflict with the Palestinians on the basis of the 1967 borders coupled with land swaps,

guardian 27-MAY-11

[-said]: If there's one thing I regret -- it's that we didn't finish the job back then -- we cannot avoid the need to complete the job,

bignewsnetwork 01-APR-11

[-said]: Israel cannot accept the presence of a terror entity in Gaza, which threatens the citizens of the State of Israel, without taking action. Not random action, but controlled, precise and organized action with enough force to bring a change to the reality in Gaza,

trendnews 31-MAR-11

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