Ehud Olmert Government Quotations

We had hoped to celebrate the Israeli democracy today in a different atmosphere, and now we are again forced to cope with murderous terror. The government of Israel will do what must be done in order to deal with the terrorists and those who dispatch them.

The new government will face complex challenges ... I believe it will be sworn in.

Iran is an anti-Semitic, terrorist government.

I dont know that there is one serious American representative that will advise Israel to sit with a terrorist government and negotiate with them.

I don't know that there is one serious American representative that will advise Israel to sit with a terrorist government and negotiate with them.

We are happy to announce that immediately after the president empowers me to put together a government we will start coalition talks ... to establish as quickly a possible a government with the Labor Party as the senior partner.

I very much hope that today's decision will be in effect for just a short period. I hope ... we will be able to bring a new government to parliament for approval as quickly as possible.

We're under pressure because we haven't reached the point where we can form a stable government yet.