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The New York Times building is seen in New York City, on May 6, 2026. (Michael M. Santiago/ Getty Images/ AFP)
May 13, 2026, 11:54 am
Accused of ‘blood libel,’ NYT defends column alleging Israeli rape of Palestinian inmates
Jewish groups announce protest against ‘libels’ outside newspaper’s Manhattan offices; ex-PM Olmert says column misrepresented his words so they appeared to validate allegations
By Luke Tress and ToI Staff
Former prime minister Ehud Olmert speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his office in Tel Aviv on May 22, 2025. (Ariel Schalit/AP)
May 6, 2026, 7:06 pm
Far-right agitator arrested for allegedly spitting on ex-PM Olmert; judge frees him
Eliran Simantov likely committed the crime, judge says, but it’s not grave enough to keep him behind bars; suspect says he was at scene to see a movie, but doesn’t recall which one
By ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends a joint statement with French President Emmanuel Macron (not in picture) at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, November 11, 2025. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP)
November 15, 2025, 11:56 am
Unpopular and politically weak, PA’s Abbas struggles for a role in Gaza
Palestinian leader, who has not held elections in nearly 2 decades, is sidelined in Strip as critics say he put PA, notorious for corruption, ‘hand-in-hand with Israeli occupation’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Children play around waste in front of the closed UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA headquarters in Gaza City, on May 20, 2025. (Bashar TALEB / AFP)
July 14, 2025, 2:46 am
IDF said to warn against Gaza ‘humanitarian city’; ex-PM brands it ‘concentration camp’
Military reportedly tells ministers plan for large civilian zone may harm hostage talks, take months to build; opposition chief and international officials also castigate proposal
By Nava Freiberg, ToI Staff and AFP
(L-R) India's Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, Iran's Defence Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh, Kazakhstan's Defense Minister Dauren Kossanov, China's Defense Minister Dong Jun, Kyrgyzstan's Defense Minister Ruslan Mukambetov, Pakistan's Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif, and Russia's Defense Minister Andrei Belousov gather for a group photo during the Defense Ministers' Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Member States in Qingdao, in eastern China's Shandong province on June 26, 2025. (Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP)
June 27, 2025, 8:49 am
Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Israel-Iran war’s aftershocks for Russia and China
ToI’s diplomatic correspondent delves into how the war has shifted approaches and positions for Russia, China, Turkey and the big fish — Saudi Arabia
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman
The IDF pilots who participated in the Operation Opera bombing of Saddam Hussein's nuclear reactor at Osirak in 1981. (Israel Defense Force archive)
June 20, 2025, 8:44 am
Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: How Israel stopped the bomb in 1981 and 2007
ToI’s diplomatic reporter delves into two previous operations in which Israel preemptively struck budding nuclear weapons programs — in Iraq and in Syria
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman
Former prime minister Ehud Olmert seen in Paris, France, on June 9, 2025. (STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)
June 10, 2025, 2:02 pm
Ex-PM Olmert: Trump must tell Netanyahu ‘enough is enough,’ war in Gaza a ‘crime’
Former premier says Netanyahu ‘failed completely’ by not preventing Oct. 7 massacre; Palestinian ex-foreign minister says two states ‘only doable solution,’ sides must be convinced
By AFP and ToI Staff
Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani talks to the press as he arrives for an informal meeting of NATO foreign ministers ahead of potential peace talks between Ukraine and Russia in Turkey, in Antalya, on May 15, 2025. (OZAN KOSE / AFP)
May 28, 2025, 6:14 pm
Italy’s right-wing government joins allies in urging Israel to end war in Gaza
FM Antonio Tajani says Israel’s ‘legitimate response’ to Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack now taking on ‘unacceptable form,’ adds ‘respect for international humanitarian law must be restored’
By JTA and ToI Staff
Left to right: The Democrats party chairman Yair Golan holds a press conference in Tel Aviv, May 20, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90); Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu at the archaeological site of Sebastia in the West Bank on May 12, 2025. (Courtesy of Heritage Ministry)
May 22, 2025, 1:43 pm
Far-right ministers blame Yair Golan for shooting of Israeli embassy staffers
‘Yair, the blood of the embassy employees is on your hands and on those of your friends,’ tweets Amichay Eliyahu; President Herzog calls on public to ‘stop this ugly mudslinging’
By Sam Sokol
Ehud Olmert testifies during a hearing of the civil investigative committee on the October 7 massacre, in Tel Aviv, August 8, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
May 21, 2025, 10:45 am
Former PM Olmert tells BBC Israeli actions in Gaza ‘close to a war crime’
Comments criticizing war spark immediate backlash from right-wing politicians, who accuse him of ‘stabbing soldiers in the back’
By ToI Staff
Several thousand people gather at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem for the “It’s Time” peace summit on May 9, 2025. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)
May 10, 2025, 5:02 am
At Jerusalem ‘peace summit,’ thousands demand end to Gaza war, two-state solution
Second conference of its kind since Oct. 7 draws broader ideological mix amid rising despair over hostages’ fate; ex-PM Olmert attends event, which Macron and Abbas address remotely
By Charlie Summers and Rossella Tercatin
Former prime minister Ehud Olmert holds up the map he presented to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in 2008 for a two-state solution in a BBC documentary that aired in February, 2025. (Screencapture/ BBC)
February 24, 2025, 12:28 pm
Olmert reveals for first time map of Palestinian state he offered Abbas
Former PM shows documentary-makers diagram that inspired legend of Palestinian leader’s hastily sketched copy presented to officials in Ramallah in failed peace bid
By ToI Staff
In this illustrative February 3, 2007 photo, an Iranian technician walks through the Uranium Conversion Facility just outside the city of Isfahan 255 miles (410 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
October 9, 2024, 9:56 am
As Israel mulls response to Iran attack, past premiers differ on potential targets
Olmert says strike on nuclear sites would be a ‘mistake,’ Lapid calls oil facilities ‘most painful target,’ and Bennett urges strong blow, after Iran fired 200 ballistic missiles
By AP and ToI Staff
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (L) testifies during a hearing of the civil investigative committee on the October 7 massacre, in Tel Aviv, August 8, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90); An undated picture shows senior Hezbollah military commander Imad Mughniyeh, who was assassinated in Syria in February 2008. (Hezbollah Military Media, via AP)
September 29, 2024, 2:06 pm
In first, Olmert confirms Israel killed Hezbollah chief Mughniyeh in Syria in 2008
Former PM says bumper of car exploded in Damascus, killing arch-terrorist 16 years ago; lauds Nasrallah assassination as ‘important’ but unlikely to ‘change reality’
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and IDF chief Herzi Halevi at the start of a security cabinet meeting in Tel Aviv, November 16, 2023. (Haim Zach/GPO)
January 7, 2024, 6:55 pm
The IDF should have opened a probe into the events of October 7 a long time ago
The war in Gaza won’t end any time soon. Instead of attacking the military for beginning an internal probe, the government should immediately establish a state commission of inquiry
By Tal Schneider
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