'It was a mistake to suggest an embargo of weapons on the state of Israel', says Israeli ex-PM "It was a mistake to suggest an embargo of weapons on the state of Israel at a time when 200 ballistic missiles are shot at us, hundreds of rockets are shot at us from Lebanon by Hezbollah and Hamas continues its war and we need to somehow fight it through," said former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert. On another note, Olmert added that he "doesn't like the rhetoric of Binyamin Netanyahu. It is well known: I am not his supporter, to put it mildly."