Livni condemns new Israel leaders

[Jefferson23]

*** Countdown to implosion, Livni says Israel is no longer relevant, not a partner.


Israel's former chief peace negotiator says the way the new government is talking shows it will not be a partner for peace with the Palestinians.

Tzipi Livni's criticism follows the rejection by her successor as foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, of recent US-backed efforts towards a peace deal.

"What happened is that the government announced that Israel is not relevant, is not a partner," she said.

New PM Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to seek peace but has not detailed how.

Ms Livni's centrist Kadima party came narrowly ahead of Mr Netanyahu's right-wing Likud in the February election, but he was asked to form a coalition as right-leaning parties predominated.


remainder here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7978605.stm

[Sebastian Doyle]

1. Lieberman is the foreign minister now??

Geezus.... as if having NuttyYahoo in the top job wasn't insane enough??

I think Livni is probably correct. If this is what the new Israeli regime looks like, it's obvious that they don't have any intentions of being a partner with Palestinians or anybody else. :scared:

[Jefferson23]

2. Nope, not if Livni can help it anyway.

[GoesTo11]

3. She may be right, but she has her own motivations too

She chose to go into opposition. Her job now is to hold the Netanyahu government's feet to the fire and if they fail, she gains moral authority and probably heads the next government. She's doing the right thing for the leader of the opposition, but she may also be stating things a little more black and white than they really are.