Speaker

Ehud Olmert served as Prime Minister of the State of Israel from 2006 to 2009. Born in 1945 in Israel, a graduate of the Hebrew University in Psychology, Philosophy and Law. Served in the Israeli Knesset from 1973 - 2009 and was elected twice the Mayor of Jerusalem 1993-1998. Was elected Prime Minister in 2006 as the leader of Kadima. He led Israel during the Second Lebanon War. His primary priority as Prime Minister was a peace agreement with the Palestinians. In November 2007 he attended the Annapolis Peace Conference led by President George W. Bush, and in 2008 he proposed the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas peace on the basis of the two states solution. Olmert has agreed together with Dr. Nasser Al-Kidwa to propose a framework for a cessation of the war in Gaza and the framework for a two state solution for the Israel - Palestine historical conflict.