George Shultz Talks World Politics, the Middle East, and Israel
How the U.S secretary of state helped save the Israeli economy.
February 22, 2016
What Happened to Ehud Olmert?
From right to left, and from honest to corrupt.
Last week the former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert began his prison sentence, having been convicted of corruption after a years-long legal battle. Isi Leibler, who first befriended Olmert in the 1980s, reflects on the Israeli politician’s migration from the far right to the left and his fall from grace, focusing on a crucial moment in 2005:
February 22, 2016
What Happened to Ehud Olmert?
From right to left, and from honest to corrupt.
The National Library of Israel: Home of the Jewish State’s Intellectual Treasures
“The coolest place in Jerusalem.”
Who Were the Hittites?
Israel’s ancient neighbors.
Mussolini and the Hungarian Rabbi of Rhodes
Recruited by the Italian government, then forced to flee.