All Journal Posts Tagged 'livni' (30)

Jerusalem is United: The Swedish Government Sucks

Sweden's attempts to insert language into an EU resolution on the Middle East that would recognize east Jerusalem as the capital of a future independent Palestinian state harms European efforts to play a significant part in mediating between Israel and the Palestinians, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement issued Tuesday morning. The statement followed a Haaretz report that the Swedes were pushing a resolution that will be discussed at a monthly meeting of EU ministers… Continue

Added by Israel Insider on December 1, 2009 at 11:30pm — 4 Comments

Crisis with France as Sarkozy urges Lieberman ouster

During their meeting last week in Paris, French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to replace Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman with Tzipi Livni, dovish chairman of the Kadima party, who held the top diplomatic post under disgraced former PM Ehud Olmert. "With her and [Defense Minister Ehud] Barak you can make history," Sarkozy told Netanyahu, according to a Monday night report on Israel TV's Channel 2 News. "I have always accepted Israeli f… Continue

Added by Israel Insider on June 30, 2009 at 1:30pm — 3 Comments

Lieberman rejects Annapolis: "roadmap" alone obligates

New Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, in his first words upon entering his new office, made it clear that the era of Tzipi Livni was long gone. He said that while Israel is committed to the 2002 Road Map, including the accompanying Mitchell report, it is not obligated by… Continue

Added by Israel Insider on April 1, 2009 at 7:00pm — 3 Comments

Netanyahu said he found common ground with Clinton, smooths over differences

Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu met with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Jerusalem Tuesday and said he had "found common ground with Clinton in attaining the common goals of our two countries." Netanyahu said their conversation between them "was deep, important and good."

But Clinton was pressing Israel to accept a commitment to a two-state solution, which Netanyahu has resisted. Earlier in the day, she pledged to press hard for Palestinian sta

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Added by Israel Insider on March 3, 2009 at 11:35pm — 9 Comments

Tzipi climbs a tall tree, refusing to join Netanyahu-led coalition

Joining a Likud government would be a breach of Kadima voters' trust and an act of self-delusion, Kadima leader Tzipi Livni said Sunday evening, just ahead of a meeting with prime minister-designate and Likud leader Binyamin Netanyahu. Speaking to the Kadima faction in the Knesset, Livni didn't sound thrilled with the prospect. "These days are a test for Kadima. People are looking at us. We presented our stance. We spoke during the campaign about content and ideology, about th

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Added by Israel Insider on February 22, 2009 at 11:00pm — 1 Comment

Peres gives Netanyahu first crack to form coalition; he meets Livni Sunday

Israeli President Shimon Peres has decided to give Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu the nod to form a government coalition. The decision was expected, as was Peres' expressed preference that Netanyahu form a national unity government that would include Kadima leader Tzipi Livni.

However, Livni has expressed a reticence to join Netanyahu, unless she's on top. "It appears that the coalition which has been formed in recent days lacks diplomatic vision," she said after me

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Added by Israel Insider on February 21, 2009 at 8:00pm — 1 Comment

No one recommending Livni, except Livni

All of Israel's political parties paraded to President Peres and pronounced their preference for prime minister. The results, for the chairwoman of the Kadima party, Tzipi "Believni" Livni, were not pretty.

Likud Faction Chairman MK Gideon Sa'ar could barely contain his glee: "The Labor party's decision this morning (Thursday) not to recommend Livni created a situation in which no one is recommending Livni to put together the coalition except her. In actuality, 11 of

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Added by Israel Insider on February 19, 2009 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment

Analysis: A brilliant opening, but what's the endgame?

From a military standpoint it was a superb opening salvo, clearly taking Hamas by surprise and inflicting punishing damage. Two waves of attacks from the air and the sea, with more than 150 sorties and 100 targets in an hour, smashed the Islamic terror group's above-ground security infrastructure.

230 Gazans have been killed, 15 of them civilians, according to Palestinian sources. Despite the regrettable loss of innocent life, that ratio testifies to exceptionally sha

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Added by Israel Insider on December 28, 2008 at 11:30am — 15 Comments

Political parties suspend their election campaigns

Israel's three largest parties have suspend their election campaigns following the launch of the Gaza operation Saturday.

Defense Minister Ehud Barak said he is will no longer be involved in the Labor Party's election campaign. A spokesman said "The situation in the south requires the defense minister to focus his entire attention on defense activity, and he is detaching himself from the campaign until further notice." Kadima campaign chief Knesset Member Dalia Itzi

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Added by Israel Insider on December 27, 2008 at 8:30pm — No Comments

As Hamas nixes new calm, Livni hints army action is near

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on Sunday hinted that Israel would need to use military means to deal with the Hamas terror regime in the Gaza Strip.

About Time: Livni has dawdled for months on the need for decisive action in Gaza. (Flash

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Added by Israel Insider on December 15, 2008 at 3:00am — 7 Comments

Livni to Olmert: Time to Go.

A week after an announcement by the Attorney General of his intention to seek an indictment against the Prime Minister prompted the Kadima faction to unanimously urge Ehud Olmert to suspend himself, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni repeated her call M

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Added by Israel Insider on December 1, 2008 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Chabad House death toll mounts to eight

The Foreign Ministry announced that the bodies of eight murdered people had been removed from the Chabad House in Mumbai and taken to local hospitals for identification.

Four have so far been identified: Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, 29, and his wife Rivka, 28, who directed the orthodox Jewish outreach center, and kashrut inspectors -- supervisors of Jewish dietary laws -- Leibish Teitlebaum, an American from Brooklyn, and Ben-Zion Croman, an Israeli with dual U.S. citizen

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Added by Israel Insider on November 29, 2008 at 1:07pm — 3 Comments

Despite reports of freed hostages, no Israelis among them

Indian media and government sources report that 8 people have freed by security forces near the Chabad House compound in Mumbai. But one network reporting the release said that only two of those released were foreigners.

However, Israeli officials, including the Foreign Ministry, said the report was based on unconfirmed rumors and that no Israelis at all have been freed. Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said she had no specific information regarding the number of Israeli

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Added by Israel Insider on November 27, 2008 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Livni says no to Rice plan for UN diktat

Israel Television Channel One Correspondent Ayala Chason reported on the evening Mabat News program that PM Olmert and FM Livni oppose plans by U.S. Secretary of State Rice to pass a UN Security Council Resolution that would call for the establishment of a Palestinian state. Rice

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Added by Israel Insider on November 14, 2008 at 4:00am — 8 Comments

Saudi denies inviting Israel to interfaith meet

A Saudi diplomat denied in remarks published on Friday that Riyadh had invited Israel to a UN interfaith meeting in New York next week, saying the invitation had come from the United Nations.

"The president of the UN General Assembly addressed invitat

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Added by Israel Insider on November 8, 2008 at 7:30pm — 4 Comments

Israel braces for Obama

Israeli leaders have become accustomed to President George W. Bush's reticence to push them into making tough decisions. In Barack Obama, they are bracing for a president who may not be so accommodating.

Obama's plan to engage Iran in direc

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Added by Israel Insider on November 8, 2008 at 6:00pm — 5 Comments

Livni rejects interim agreement with Palestinians

Israel will not shift its position in the ongoing negotiations with the Palestinian Authority, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni says, and she will plans to tell that to the Quartet on the Middle East issues when she meets them in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt next Sunday, one yea

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Added by Israel Insider on November 4, 2008 at 12:00am — 3 Comments

As elections near, Netanyahu slams Livni concessions

Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu declared Monday, at the opening of the Knesset's winter session, that Israel must not negotiate over the division of Jerusalem or the absorption of Palestinian refugees, firmly distancing himself from Kadima leader Tzipi Livni and Labor leader Ehud Barak, both of… Continue

Added by Israel Insider on October 27, 2008 at 11:00pm — 10 Comments

Elections likely after Shas rejects Livni's "final offer"

Barring last moment surprises, the ultra-religious Shas party’s rabbinical council ended foreign minister Tzipi Livni’s quest to form a government, rejecting what she had described as her "final offer." She had said she would call on President Shimon Per

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Added by Israel Insider on October 25, 2008 at 1:00am — 5 Comments

Livni: Rejection of Iran for Security Council saved UN from "disgrace"

Iran lost its bid to become a temporary member of the UN Security Council on Friday, losing in competition for the Asian to Japan, which received 158 votes compared to the Islamic Republic's 32.

"The UN has saved itself from disgrace by preventing I

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Added by Israel Insider on October 18, 2008 at 6:00pm — No Comments

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