For me to propose a division of Jerusalem was really terrible. I did it because I reached a conclusion that without which there will not be peace.
Ehud OlmertGrowing up in Israel, how can I not be an optimist? When you remember what Israel was 50 years ago and you see Israel now, one of the most successful countries in the world, stable, democratic, with an enormously stable economy despite everything that has happened in the global economy in the last few years, how can I not be an optimist?
Ehud OlmertI was not born to be prime minister, and I'm not going to stay here until the end of my life. I'm too young for that.
Ehud Olmert