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Livni: World pressure on Israel, PA could spark third intifada
By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent and Agencies
Tags: politics, Tzipi Livni 

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni - the leading candidate to replace Ehud Olmert as leader of Kadima and as prime minister - on Thursday met with the foreign press in Israel and called for a national unity government that would be able to pursue the creation of Palestinian state living peacefully alongside Israel.

But she also sounded a warning note, saying that a Palestinian uprising could reignite if the international community piled too much pressure on the sides to paper over differences and rush into an agreement on statehood.

Livni, who also serves as deputy premier, said she would try to form such a government if she wins next month's primary election - as polls indicate she is likely to do.
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"I believe that what we called in the past left and right is something that belongs to the past," she told reporters in Jerusalem. "Now most Israelis understand that having two states in the lands comprising historic Palestine is an Israeli interest."

Livni's cautionary tone regarding a renewed Intifada comes just days before U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is due to visit the region.

Livni compared the current situation to the year 2000, when peace talks at Camp David, brokered by then-U.S. President Bill Clinton, collapsed and the second intifada erupted.

"I know that there are some expectations ... to do something before the end of the year," Livni said of Washington's goal of Israel and the Palestinians reaching a statehood agreement before Bush leaves office in January.

"The pressure, the international pressure, this can lead to clashes, this can lead to misunderstandings, this can lead to violence as we had, as we faced, after Camp David 2000 and the circumstances, in a way, are similar," Livni said.

In her remarks, Livni played down Washington's timeline for a deal this year. "What is more important is the content and the nature of the understanding," she said.

Livni said she and her Palestinian counterpart in the negotiations, former prime minister Ahmed Qurei, were going beyond "vague ideas" about the percentage of West Bank land that Israel would yield.

"We need to line the borders on the map," she said.

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      1.   Past 04:34  |  Rabbi Yakov Lazaros 22/08/08
      2.   Livni,you are dreaming in colour if you think the Palestinians 04:38  |  lakshmi 22/08/08
      3.   Foreign Minister Tsipi Livni 05:16  |  Mark 22/08/08
      4.   It`s somewhat irresponsible to suggest 3rd Intifada when all the 05:44  |  Smadar 22/08/08
      5.   livni 06:00  |  craig 22/08/08
      6.   Livni is dumber than Olmert 06:07  |  Dan 22/08/08
      7.   Is Livni really so clueless? 06:13  |  Natallie Durson 22/08/08
      8.   dont wait for the PALs to start it 07:17  |  vik 22/08/08
      9.   Knesset, public must understand Pal. equal rights to land, Jlm. 07:40  |  Ivar 22/08/08
      10.   Culture of hate 08:36  |  Jean Van Daem 22/08/08
      11.   The US would be well advised to end the ?peace process? and... 08:38  |  Jean Van Daem 22/08/08
      12.   Ivar - and God 08:43  |  Elihu 22/08/08
      13.   Livni world pressure on Israel.PA could sark third intifada 08:49  |  martin list, m.d. 22/08/08
      14.   The people of Israel are tired of Kadima 09:07  |  Michael 22/08/08
      15.   a national unity government is a must 09:24  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 22/08/08
      16.   wake up rabbi... 09:26  |  ravi 22/08/08
      17.   A waste of time, while the alternative is already available! 09:46  |  Nadav 22/08/08
      18.   Elihu, 12, forgets biblical warnings of an arch deceiver 10:02  |  Ivar 22/08/08
      19.   Livni - almost totally bashed by commentators 10:11  |  S 22/08/08
      20.   A 3rd Intifada = The Last Naqba ---) Peace 10:13  |  Yishai Kohen 22/08/08
      21.   #17, Nadav 10:15  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 22/08/08
      22.   #1 Rabbi Yakov Lazaros 10:21  |  Jim 22/08/08
      23.   It`s so convenient to make utterences like this 10:21  |  Harvey 22/08/08
      24.   answer the Refugee problem, Ivar 10:28  |  David 22/08/08
      25.   Nadav #17 your "available" alternative - Egypt and Jordan. 10:30  |  S 22/08/08
      26.   #2 lakshmi 10:32  |  Jim 22/08/08
      27.   #4 Samdar 10:47  |  Jim 22/08/08
      28.   Hello, Cipora. It appears that the concept of... 10:48  |  Nadav 22/08/08
      29.   Unfair Inaccurate Self- serving 10:53  |  Shalom Freedman 22/08/08
      30.   #10 Jean Van Daem 11:14  |  Jim 22/08/08
      31.   #12 Elihu 11:37  |  Jim 22/08/08
      32.   #17 Nagav 11:45  |  Jim 22/08/08
      33.   #18 Ivar 11:49  |  Jim 22/08/08
      34.   INTIFADA 11:58  |  michael 22/08/08
      35.   Smadar writes: "Also, why even suggest a unity government with.. 12:10  |  Nadav 22/08/08
      36.   Smadar, the idea of a 3rd Intifada has been around for some time 12:45  |  ivo 22/08/08
      37.   To Rabbi Yaakov 12:48  |  ari 22/08/08
      38.   and after intifada III, there will be number 4, then 5. etc! 12:51  |  Ben Uziel 22/08/08
      39.   #13 martin list m.d. 12:51  |  Yonatan, Ph.D. 22/08/08
      40.   #14 Michael - "The people of Israel are tired of Kadima" 12:53  |  Yonatan 22/08/08
      41.   #15 Cipora - A unity government now is no solution 13:00  |  Yonatan 22/08/08
      42.   #16 ravi 13:05  |  Yonatan 22/08/08
      43.   #18 Ivar 13:16  |  Yonatan 22/08/08
      44.   Ivar #18: it sounds like replacement theology, Ivar - 13:45  |  ivo 22/08/08
      45.   durson`s contractions #7 13:54  |  odles 22/08/08
      46.   Israel`s Lust from its history 14:00  |  Amit 22/08/08
      47.   Livni to pursue a national consensus on her infantility 14:05  |  Sal 22/08/08
      48.   Nadav #17 your "available" alternative - Egypt and Jordan. 14:07  |  S 22/08/08
      49.   Fatah option is Condi-Livni fiction that doesn`t exist in reality 14:07  |  G Marcus 22/08/08
      50.   Livni`s assessment 14:29  |  Brod 22/08/08
      51.   Totally wrong 14:29  |  Baz Mann 22/08/08
      52.   That stuff will fry your brains 14:33  |  Gideon Reader 22/08/08
      53.   #15 Cippora: "national unity with the exclusion of the religious" 14:44  |  AliciaYasmeen 22/08/08
      54.   Is unity with Netnayahu a true unity? 14:44  |  Fortuna Benmayor 22/08/08
      55.   # 18 Ivar - "New" Testament is for believers 15:43  |  17 22/08/08
      56.   #2 Lakshmi is wrong 16:20  |  Afikoman 22/08/08
      57.   # 2 - lakshmi - Back off!...... 17:17  |  Dagma 22/08/08
      58.   Haaretz running for Livni 17:54  |  Ralph 22/08/08
      59.   Gideon Reader - "a Seinfeld Party about nothing 18:04  |  17 22/08/08
      60.   Tzipi Livni: Classic Postmodern Fool 18:53  |  Ovadiah ben Avraham 22/08/08
      61.   Don`t Need Unity. Need a Hard Right Turn. And It is Inevitable. 18:57  |  Ovadiah ben Avraham 22/08/08
      62.   National unity and paralysis government 19:02  |  Tosefta 22/08/08
      63.   The Jordanian Option 19:10  |  Tosefta 22/08/08
      64.   The Jordanian Option 19:10  |  Tosefta 22/08/08
      65.   #27 Yonatan 19:20  |  Space 22/08/08
      66.   # 30 Amit......how childish 19:48  |  Joy 22/08/08
      67.   #20 Yishai Kohen......I agree with your statement 19:57  |  Lynn 22/08/08
      68.   Does that mean that the Second Intifada is over? 20:23  |  Scharker Yid 22/08/08
      69.   The borders are there 20:42  |  Jack Olson 22/08/08
      70.   To Amit 20:55  |  Bob 22/08/08
      71.   #26 Nadav RE:Jerusalem, its administration vs.sovereignty 21:01  |  Smadar 22/08/08
      72.   pressure 21:03  |  rm 22/08/08
      73.   #26 Nadav RE: Jerusalem.... 21:17  |  Smadar 22/08/08
      74.   #26 Nadav RE: Jerusalem.... 21:27  |  Smadar 22/08/08
      75.   Nadav and Cipora in la la land. 21:42  |  Ibrahim 22/08/08
      76.   #10 Jean V.D. Which "Culture of Hate" 21:44  |  Gray 22/08/08
      77.   Smadar.....what one demands and what one gets 21:45  |  Lynn 22/08/08
      78.   40 Jack Olson, exactly right ! The only legally authorised border 22:17  |  lakshmi 22/08/08
      79.   Some people just don`t understand 22:17  |  Janice 22/08/08
      80.   Jean Van Daem and the culture of hate 22:23  |  Janice 22/08/08
      81.   Fortuna Benmayor # 38 - If I may disagree on one point 23:01  |  Dagma 22/08/08
      82.   #18 is ignorant of Daniel 23:34  |  Michael Greenberg 22/08/08
      83.   Jack Olson, you`re a twit 23:52  |  MP 22/08/08
      84.   Will Livni Support IDF To "Break Intifada Bones" ? 23:56  |  Joseph.E 22/08/08
      85.   Jack Olson # 40 UNGARs Are Not Laws 00:06  |  Jeff Northridge 23/08/08
      86.   #40 jack knows jack all more fantasy 00:13  |  v.hardman 23/08/08
      87.   Livni: your new prime minister? 01:21  |  smirk 23/08/08
      88.   Janice # 44 Understanding 01:46  |  Jeff Northridge 23/08/08
      89.   No, there won`t be a third intifada, but.... 01:49  |  ELIAS KHOURY 23/08/08
      90.   Linvi`s defeatism invites "world pressure" 02:19  |  Rachel 23/08/08
      91.   Jack Olson #40 02:20  |  Brod 23/08/08
      92.   #65 Khoury......that will never happen 03:29  |  Lynn 23/08/08
      93.   Rachael; Making Policy for others while...far far away 03:31  |  Gray 23/08/08
      94.   Janice.....and vice versa 03:33  |  Lynn 23/08/08
      95.   Jack #42 Nice try but..... 04:36  |  Gray 23/08/08
      96.   Re: Past 06:27  |  jonathon 23/08/08
      97.   Jeff Northridge 06:30  |  Janice 23/08/08
      98.   Jeff Northridge 06:30  |  Janice 23/08/08
      99.   Gray (#76) Wow really where was it 08:42  |  Gil 23/08/08
      100.   Janice on 242 09:41  |  zengeos 23/08/08
      101.   Janice on hate 09:52  |  zengeos 23/08/08
      102.   Janice on guns 09:57  |  zengeos 23/08/08
      103.   Fake Tosefta#63 10:03  |  ELIAS KHOURY 23/08/08
      104.   #92 Lynn, you say that now 10:06  |  ELIAS KHOURY 23/08/08
      105.   Harvey 23 10:13  |  zengeos 23/08/08
      106.   S 48 10:16  |  Egypt 23/08/08
      107.   Janice..on 242 11:14  |  zengeos 23/08/08
      108.   Janice on human rights 11:20  |  zengeos 23/08/08
      109.   To # 17 NADAV - A waste oif Time.... 12:40  |  Dagma 23/08/08
      110.   Tosefta #63 13:00  |  S 23/08/08
      111.   Livni is Olmert perhaps a little lop-sided..... 13:12  |  Dolly 23/08/08
      112.   Livni: aren´t the Pals tired too? 13:25  |  AliciaYasmeen 23/08/08
      113.   Egypt #103 14:03  |  S 23/08/08
      114.   The altenative of the alternatives submitted to Pal-referendum 14:22  |  AliciaYasmeen 23/08/08
      115.   # 97 Janice.....then the land should go back to 14:39  |  Lynn 23/08/08
      116.   ELIAS on Jordan 14:40  |  zengeos 23/08/08
      117.   Janice on human rights.....did you know the US 14:54  |  Lynn 23/08/08
      118.   Why Waste Time on Primaries with Livni Top Place? 15:30  |  Jeremy Kohn 23/08/08
      119.   #36 Ivo 15:34  |  Smadar 23/08/08
      120.   #97 janice and the conquest of the ottoman empire 15:35  |  v.hardman 23/08/08
      121.   Gray (#93) Wow Really, Unwelcome (Part 1) 15:59  |  Gil 23/08/08
      122.   #63 Tosefta: The Jordanian Option 16:19  |  G Marcus 23/08/08
      123.   Gray (#93) Wow Really, Unwelcome (Part 1) 16:52  |  Gil 23/08/08
      124.   ELIAS KHOURY 16:56  |  17 23/08/08
      125.   106 zengeos: Israel has killed more civilins then Hamas 17:03  |  Tupac 23/08/08
      126.   112 Lynn: If Arabs offered to build Settlers a city in USA 17:09  |  Tupac 23/08/08
      127.   If any country needed an earthquake it is Israel 17:27  |  Dutch 23/08/08
      128.   Tosefta, Jordanian solution ONLY under Christ 17:28  |  Yaakov Sullivan 23/08/08
      129.   Thanks for those who answered my call for a Jordanian option... 17:35  |  Nadav 23/08/08
      130.   Hamas and the Jordanian Option(S #108; G Marcus #113) 17:40  |  Tosefta 23/08/08
      131.   No time is ideal to undo Israel`s evil in the territories 18:27  |  Dutch 23/08/08
      132.   Tosefta, Hamas Seems Quite Committed to Democratic Government 18:28  |  Reader 23/08/08
      133.   Nadav #119 Now I understand your point! 18:49  |  S 23/08/08
      134.   #2 Pulling the Wool Over Palestinian Eyes 18:53  |  Douglas Fireman 23/08/08
      135.   Israeli hasbara at its worst 18:53  |  Spider 23/08/08
      136.   Tosefta #120 19:05  |  S 23/08/08
      137.   #116 Response to 17 19:07  |  Mark B. 23/08/08
      138.   Gil; Not Digging Quite Deeply Enough... 20:28  |  Gray 23/08/08
      139.   # 122 Mark B 20:46  |  17 23/08/08
      140.   Response to 17 on `reasonable solution` 21:12  |  Mark B. 23/08/08
      141.   intifada 21:29  |  Mark 23/08/08
      142.   unity government 21:56  |  JoJo 23/08/08
      143.   There`s never going to be a good time to undo Israel`s evil 22:16  |  Dutch 23/08/08
      144.   # 129 Mark B 22:17  |  17 23/08/08
      145.   Tosefta and S 22:18  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/08/08
      146.   #118 tupac....what does that have to do with 22:24  |  Lynn 23/08/08
      147.   #119 Nadav and Tosefta......it really is the best 22:30  |  Lynn 23/08/08
      148.   #75 Ibrahim.....tell the Pal leadership to grow up 22:35  |  Lynn 23/08/08
      149.   Gray (#93) Wow Unwelcome (Part 2) 22:42  |  Gil 23/08/08
      150.   Gray (#93) Wow Unwelcome (Part 2) 22:43  |  Gil 23/08/08
      151.   Gray (#127) Am I to Blame You Don`t Know History 22:49  |  Gil 23/08/08
      152.   Gray (#127) Am I to Blame You Don`t Know History 22:50  |  Gil 23/08/08
      153.   doris cadigan and throwing the setllers out of the usa 22:52  |  vhardman 23/08/08
      154.   Gray (#93) Wow Unwelcome (Part 2) A Post Censored by Haaretz 22:52  |  Gil 23/08/08
      155.   #75 Ibrahim Nadav and Kohn et al on this Jordan thing 23:05  |  Labhras 23/08/08
      156.   #136 Paul Harris aka Victor Hardman to doris 23:23  |  Labhras 23/08/08
      157.   Janice # 98 Yes, I Do Remember 23:27  |  Jeff Northridge 23/08/08
      158.   #128 Gray re Gill of the twitchy finger and dicey memory 23:30  |  Labhras 23/08/08
      159.   #128 Gray re Gill of the twitchy finger and dicey memory 23:30  |  Labhras 23/08/08
      160.   Gray (#93) Wow Unwelcome (Part 2) History for Haaretz to censor 23:31  |  Gil 23/08/08
      161.   If you put pressure on us the Palestinians wiil get upset 23:39  |  Labhras 23/08/08
      162.   Gil; Keep trying... 23:50  |  Gray 23/08/08
      163.   Gil; Now you`re making me laugh....really 00:07  |  Gray 24/08/08
      164.   Gil; Now you`re making me laugh....really 00:07  |  Gray 24/08/08
      165.   Gray (#142) Question did you go to the library 01:21  |  Gil 24/08/08
      166.   Gray (#142) Question did you go to the library 01:21  |  Gil 24/08/08
      167.   #98 Janice re Jeff Northridge 02:33  |  Labhras 24/08/08
      168.   #136 Paul Harris aka Victor Hardman re janice 02:37  |  Labhras 24/08/08
      169.   Hello Labhras and thanks 02:48  |  Gray 24/08/08
      170.   Pals don`t have equal rights 03:16  |  David King 24/08/08
      171.   Palestinian Authority - what Palestinian Authority? 05:20  |  Maureen Ann 24/08/08
      172.   Gray (#164) O I See Because it Was Written 89 Years Ago 08:30  |  Gil 24/08/08
      173.   Gray (#164) O I See Because it Was Written 89 Years Ago 08:31  |  Gil 24/08/08
      174.   Gray (#169) Thanks for proving my Point 11:04  |  Gil 24/08/08
      175.   # 63 & 64 Tosefta..I Think I read this of yours before.. 00:53  |  Benny 25/08/08
      176.   # 44 Ivo re:Ivar.He said he is a historian,However.. 01:16  |  Benny 25/08/08
      177.   # 169 Gray to Labhras.:The thank you reply 01:45  |  Benny 25/08/08
      178.   #31& #32 JimThe Peacher Man.Instead of sending you flowers... 02:58  |  Benny 25/08/08
      179.   #128 Yaakov Sullivan.sorry Jesus is Dead And Gone.Find Anotherone 23:36  |  Benny 25/08/08
      180.   #170 David King..You Are Far Too Correct Unfortunately.BUT! 23:41  |  Benny 25/08/08
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