“Who thinks seriously that if we sit on another hilltop, on another hundred meters, that this is what will make the difference for the state of Israel's basic security?”

Israeli politician and lawyer

Ehud Olmert is an Israeli politician and lawyer who served as prime minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009. He is known for his role in national politics and for the public statements that accompanied his years in office. His career combined law and politics, and his name is most closely tied to his tenure as prime minister. The facts available here do not add further biographical detail, so his public record is best understood through that period and the issues he addressed while in office.