Ehud Olmert

B'Tselem role in J Street's gala featuring Olmert "incredibly damaging" says Palestinian rights group PCHR

Ali Abunimah 21 March 2012

The decision of Israeli human rights group B’Tselem to participate in J Street’s upcoming conference featuring former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is “incredibly damaging” to the effort to achieve justice and accountability for victims of war crimes. 

Human rights group B'Tselem backs away from "sponsorship" of J Street's Olmert gala

Ali Abunimah 19 March 2012

Israeli human rights group B’Tselem has backed away from its sponsorship of US Israel lobby group J Street]s 26 March “gala” featuring former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert under whose leadership thousands of Palestinians and Lebanese were killed and injured in what B’Tselem itself has termed war crimes. 

Why is human rights group B'Tselem "proud" to sponsor J Street gala keynoted by war criminal?

Ali Abunimah 15 March 2012

B’Tselem USA, the American arm of renowned Israeli human rights group B’Tselem is “proud” to sponsor the 26 March gala of pro-Israel lobby group J Street despite the fact that the keynote speaker is former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert who is responsible for extensive war crimes in Lebanon and Gaza. 

In name of "freedom," University of Chicago threatens Condoleezza Rice protestors

Benjamin Doherty 14 November 2011

In an Orwellian move, the Provost of the University of Chicago sent an email to the entire campus titled “Freedom of Expression” to announce the university’s intention to crack down on any protestors of tomorrow’s event with former Bush administration officials Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. Provost Thomas Rosenbaum wrote: 

EI exclusive video: Protesters shout down Ehud Olmert in Chicago

Maureen Clare Murphy 16 October 2009


Approximately 30 activists – mainly students from area universities – disrupted a lecture given in Chicago by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert yesterday which was hosted by the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy. While Olmert’s speech was disrupted inside the lecture hall, approximately 150 activists protested outside the hall in the freezing rain.