Israeli Acting PM Ehud Olmert

Israeli President Moshe Katsav (R) talks with Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, whose centrist Kadima party won the most seats in the March parliamentary elections, in the presidential office in Jerusalem on April 6, 2006. Katsav on Thursday formally asked Olmert to form a new coalition government.

Israeli Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, whose centrist Kadima party won the most seats in the March parliamentary elections, addresses at a press conference in the presidential office in Jerusalem on April 6, 2006.

Israeli President Moshe Katsav (R) and Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, whose centrist Kadima party won the most seats in the March parliamentary elections, attend a press conference in the presidential office in Jerusalem on April 6, 2006.

Israeli President Moshe Katsav (L) accompanies Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, whose centrist Kadima party won the most seats in the March parliamentary elections, to a press conference in the presidential office in Jerusalem on April 6, 2006.