Ehud Olmert

Growing up in Israel, how can I not be an optimist? When you remember what Israel was 50 years ago and you see Israel now, one of the most successful countries in the world, stable, democratic, with an enormously stable economy despite everything that has happened in the global economy in the last few years, how can I not be an optimist? ”

There is nowhere I encounter greater understanding for Israel's existential issues than in the Oval Office. ”

The military operation in Lebanon was the most successful military operation in recent Israeli history. Many in Israel don't recognise that. ”

From the end of 2006 until the end of 2008 I think I met with Abu Mazen more often than any Israeli leader has ever met any Arab leader. I met him more than 35 times. They were intense, serious negotiations. ”

I know the war in Iraq is controversial in the States, but for us in the Middle East it has made a great and significant impact. ”

When the President of Iran talks about removing Israel from the face of the Earth and is building nuclear bombs with a range of 3000km, you have to be worried. ”

The Palestinians are facing a historic junction at which they will have to decide whether they want to remain stuck in a corner of extreme fundamentalism, which will cut them off from the entire world, or whether they are ready to take the necessary steps. My role is to assist in building this process. ”

The State of Israel, in partnership with Project Better Place and Renault-Nissan, is set to become the first country in the world to initiate the mass deployment of electric vehicles. ”

There is no doubt that there is a very strange phenomenon called the 'State Comptroller.' ”

I have to think about the possible ramifications of an early retirement. ”