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Israel Herzliya Conference - No Standing Ovation For Ehud Olmert By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency Jerusalem ---- January 24, 2007..... Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert addressed both the Israel and international public at the prestigious Herzliya Conference this evening. The Herzliya Conference is a who's who of the Israel and Jewish security, academic, commercial and diplomatic worlds. It is the FTV of Israel politics and foreign affairs. It the premiere networking event and usually where one will witness historic remarks coming from the Prime Minister. "This is a sad day," Olmert said in reference to Israel President Katsav facing...

Burns: We have to confront Iran By HAVIV RETTIG Jan. 21, 2007 Iran must be confronted, the No. 2 official in the State Department said at the Herzliya Conference on Sunday, shortly after a five-hour meeting with Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz, in charge of Israel's strategic dialogue with the US. US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns said, "We have to confront Iran." Iran, Burns said on the first day of the conference, "is our most important challenge, a country with a radical agenda, a president that asserts that the Holocaust did not occur." Live video feed from...

Arab News Reacts to Sharon’s Policy Speech 18:02 Dec 23, '03 / 28 Kislev 5764 Saudi Arabia’s English-language Arab News called Sharon’s declared policy of unilateral withdrawal a “new Israeli ruse.” Saudi Arabia’s English-language Arab News was among the first in the Arab world to print an editorial in response to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s recent policy speech at the Herzliya Conference. In it, the editors call Sharon’s declared policy of unilateral withdrawal a “new Israeli ruse.” “Ariel Sharon’s unilateral peace plan is simply not the way forward to a just settlement in Palestine, and he knows it. It is...