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Meretz chief says Livni offers party a place in coalition
By Mazal Mualem, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Gideon Sa'ar, Meretz 

The chairman of the left-wing Meretz party on Friday said Foreign Minister and new head of the Kadima party Tzipi Livni offered Meretz to join the new coalition government she is attempting to form.

MK Haim Oron said he was given the offer during a meeting with Livni where he says he told her Meretz is "interested in the formation of a stable, long-term government", adding that he hopes Livni's offer is genuine and not merely a short-term political maneuver.

He also said he and Livni spent a good deal of time discussing the political issues facing Israel including the peace process with the Palestinians.
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Head of the Likud faction in the Knesset Gideon Sa'ar said the meeting between Livni and Oron showed the Kadima head's "desire to form a left-wing government that will continue and radicalize the failed diplomacy of the Olmert government. Livni knows that her standings aren't shared by a majority of the public and therefore she is trying to form a government of continuation, and not stand and run in general elections."

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