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Livni: When I'm PM, I want a unity coalition with Labor and Likud
By Mazal Mualem, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: tzipi livni, kadima primaries 

Launching her campaign for the Kadima primary in September, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni declared Tuesday that after winning the race, she will immediately work to form a national unity government with Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu and Labor's Ehud Barak.

Speaking at a gathering of activists at the Kadima branch in Hadera, Livni said that a unity government is the best thing for Israel at a time of internal disputes and external threats, and promised there would be room for members from Meretz to Yisrael Beiteinu.

"I think that out of this swamp it is possible to generate a very broad common denominator: a unity government that will advance the peace process," Livni told Haaretz. "Bibi, too, understands now that the concept of economic peace is not enough. He also says so. The same goes for investing in education and changing the government within the framework of a unity government."
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Livni commented on the negative publicity she has received in the past few days, including attacks attributed to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert implying that she is not cut out to function under pressure, as well as a Channel 1 television report Tuesday night about her past service in the Mossad.

"I know they'll be gunning for me," she told Haaretz. "I knew it from Day 1, but I made a decision from the start not to get hung up on other people and not to deal with what others say about me. I'm coming from a place where any question is legitimate, and I know they'll keep trying to go after me, but I don't get into that. My life story is open to everyone, including my political and security experience. In recent years I was a partner in the government to reaching significant political and security decisions, including Resolution 1701, and I wish to be judged on the basis of those decisions."

Livni ratcheted up her political activity this week, holding four gatherings and parlor meetings in the past three days alone: in Herzliya, Beit Shemesh, Netanya and Hadera. On these occasions she speaks about the reasons she entered politics - the Oslo Accords, her ties to Ariel Sharon, the rule of law, and her desire to be prime minister. These encounters are closed to the press.


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      1.   She deserves to be PM because of her role in the phony UN 1701? 03:45  |  Dr. L. Brnd 23/07/08
      2.   Whenever the Livni becomes PM , she will unite all the losers 04:31  |  Sal 23/07/08
      3.   LIVNI IS DELUSIONAL 05:38  |  George Kaplan 23/07/08
      4.   unity 05:45  |  Lydia 23/07/08
      5.   UN 1701 07:50  |  Bobby 23/07/08
      6.   Livnis main qualification 08:01  |  Natallie Durson 23/07/08
      7.   Another Coalition 08:16  |  JW 23/07/08
      8.   WHEN LIVNI is Prime Minister....... 09:01  |  Dolly 23/07/08
      9.   Heidad for Tzipi Livni as PM...!! 09:22  |  Esther 23/07/08
      10.   Forget it. Olmert won`t let her and Bibi won`t play 2nd fiddle 09:49  |  neddie 23/07/08
      11.   Admirable style... 10:38  |  Esther 23/07/08
      12.   Ms. Livni has not proved qualified for PM. 11:18  |  Elliot 23/07/08
      13.   nothing 13:23  |  Michael 23/07/08
      14.   Livni, wrong move again 13:34  |  Shimon Cleopas 23/07/08
      15.   #6 Natallie 13:44  |  Larry 23/07/08
      16.   Riiiiiiiight. And what, exactly, is in it for Bibbi??? 13:52  |  Johnboy 23/07/08
      17.   whatever she is, she is not corrupt 14:14  |  Tom Meyer Smitsloo 23/07/08
      18.   Only a stopgap 14:14  |  Joe Camel 23/07/08
      19.   Livni is interesting, whom else have you got? 14:58  |  ivo 23/07/08
      20.   It`s just another bid to avoid elections. Don`t fall for it. 15:17  |  Chaim 23/07/08
      21.   Livni is deluding herself if she thinks Kadima will win Election 15:25  |  Harry 23/07/08
      22.   Help! Glub! Glub! National Unity! Glub! Burble. 15:40  |  Ovadiah ben Avraham 23/07/08
      23.   Livni: "out of this swamp " (the Knesset), but NO elections 15:45  |  Ovadiah ben Avraham 23/07/08
      24.   resolution 1701 Livnis crowning achivement 16:00  |  zionist forebver 23/07/08
      25.   resolution 1701 Livnis crowning achivement 16:00  |  zionist forever 23/07/08
      26.   Livni 16:32  |  Brod 23/07/08
      27.   The Lebanese Can Do It! Israelis Cannot! 18:03  |  Monitor 23/07/08
      28.   What a joke! I think she needs a drug test. 19:42  |  Adam 23/07/08
      29.   re: #5 Bobby & U.N. Resolution 1701 20:12  |  HEB 23/07/08
      30.   Need a real "uniter" not a divider 20:17  |  Steve 23/07/08
      31.   Livni & coalition 20:17  |  Malone 23/07/08
      32.   Ban all players of the last 5 Israeli Knesset 04:08  |  Ban All Incumbents 24/07/08
      33.   ~~~S.O.S.~~~MayDay*** 19:55  |  James Sorrell 24/07/08
      34.   #29 HEB 22:24  |  Bobby 24/07/08
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