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Name: Ehud Olmert

Title: Israeli Prime Minister
Chairman of the Kadima Party

Position: Pro to the question "Should the U.S. have attacked Iraq?"
Reasoning:

"I stand with the president because I know that Iraq without Saddam Hussein is so much better for the security and safety of Israel, and all of the neighbors of Israel without any significance to us...

Thank God for the power and the determination and leadership manifested by President Bush."

"Iraq War was Good for Israel: Olmert"
Yahoo News 11/22/06
Credibility
Ranking:		 Experts
PhD's, JD's (lawyers), Judges, Members of Congress, Ambassadors, Consulate Generals, heads of government, Cabinet-level positions, military generals/admirals, Chief Weapons Inspectors, members of legislative bodies with significant involvement in, or related to, the U.S.- Iraq conflict.

Involvement:
  • 2006-present - Israeli Prime Minister
  • 2006-present - Chairman of the Kadima Party
  • 2005-2006 - Finance minister
  • 2003-2004 - Minister of Communications
  • 2003 - Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor
  • 1993-2000 - Mayor of Jerusalem
  • 1990-1992 - Minister of Health
  • 1988-1990 - Minister Without Portfolio Responsible for Minority Affairs
  • 1981-1988 - Member of the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee

Education:
  • LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1973
  • B.A., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1968

Affiliations/
Honors:
  • Former combat infantry unit officer in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF)
  • Former reporter for the IDF army journal

Contact Info:
Phone: 02-6753227
Fax: None listed
E-Mail: eulmert@knesset.gov.il
Web Site: http://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=3

Other: Select Publications:
  • "End of the Roadmap," OpinionJournal.com, 9/15/03
  • "Israel Can't Do Business With Terrorists," OpinionJournal.com, 4/3/02
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