Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in a candid conversation with Adam Raz, reflecting on three decades of political engagement. From his time at Jerusalem’s City Hall and the realization that East Jerusalem’s residents live under occupation, to the infamous map-on-a-napkin and the missed opportunity for peace with Mahmoud Abbas, all the way to a moment of reckoning in the aftermath of October 7th.
This interview is part of a series of conversations with the men and women who were behind the scenes—and sometimes at center stage—of the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks over the years.