Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told CNN that he "can no longer defend Israel against accusations of committing war crimes." Referring to the siege on the Gaza Strip in recent months, Olmert asked: "What is this if not a war crime?" According to him, the government led by Benjamin Netanyahu "is carrying out actions that cannot be interpreted any other way." In an interview with the British BBC network about a week ago, Olmert said that Israel's actions "are approaching war crimes."