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Israel’s Netanyahu vows to smash Hamas
Hawkish frontrunner Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday vowed he would smash Hamas if he becomes Israel’s prime minister after next week’s elections.
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Olmert to formally resign
Israel’s corruption-tainted Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, will formally resign on Sunday, Israel Radio reported.
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Key witness against Olmert cross-examined
Ehud Olmert’s lawyers began on Thursday the cross-examination of a US businessman who says he supplied the then mayor with cash-stuffed envelopes.
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Olmert coalition ally demands he step aside
Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak called on Wednesday for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to step aside over corruption allegations or face a collapse of his coalition that would disrupt peace talks with the Palestinians. This came a day after an American businessman told a court how he handed Olmert envelopes stuffed with thousands of dollars in cash.
