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Livni to give first foreign-policy speech since Kadima win
By Barak Ravid
Tags: Israel News, Foreign Policy 

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni will on Sunday give her first foreign-policy speech since winning the Kadima party primary last month.

She will address a Foreign Ministry conference on policy and strategy in Jerusalem, convening for the first of what is to be annual assessments of Israel's foreign policy. Because of the sensitive coalition negotiations with Shas, Livni will avoid making any declarations about Jerusalem or future concessions to the Palestinians.

The main goal of Livni and Foreign Ministry Director General Aaron Abramovich at the conference is to advance their quest to raise the status of the ministry vis-a-vis Military Intelligence, the Shin Bet security service, the Mossad and the Defense Ministry with regard to making military and foreign policy decisions. Senior Foreign Ministry officials said the idea was to end the military establishment's near monopoly on drafting recommendations for the cabinet and the security cabinet.
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Expected to attend the conference's opening session are past and present foreign ministers including France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki and former German foreign minister Joschka Fischer. Also expected to attend are the Director General of Sinapore's Foreign Ministry, the new U.S. Ambassador to Israel James Cunningham, members of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and 13 senior Israeli ambassadors serving abroad.

The three-day conference is the culmination of three months of work in the Foreign Ministry to prepare the first annual foreign policy assessment. The goal is to hammer out an assessment similar in style to those produced by the ministry's counterparts in Britain, France and the United States.

After the conference sessions, a written foreign policy assessment will be assembled and its recommendations will be submitted to the security cabinet for approval. The recommendations are to become part of the Foreign Ministry's agenda and are expected to affect staffing at Israel's diplomatic representations abroad.

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      1.   " She will avoid any comments about Jerusalem" 02:58  |  Rabbi Yakov Lazaros 05/10/08
      2.   livni`s foreign policy is so simple and clear cut:PIECE;giving 03:13  |  glenna 05/10/08
      3.   Livni is as bad as Olmert is, Livni is a defeatist 04:00  |  PETER LUBOW 05/10/08
      4.   Because of the sensitive coalition negotiations with MERETZ, 04:14  |  Joseph.E 05/10/08
      5.   Say Folks!,How To Become A Extremist Against Moslems Occupation ? 04:59  |  Joseph.E 05/10/08
      6.   Fatah option: Condi-Olmert fiction that doesn`t exist in reality 06:15  |  G Marcus 05/10/08
      7.   #3 No one WANTS to surrender land.. 07:11  |  Kate 05/10/08
      8.   to have apolicy you must know what you have and what you are 08:26  |  v.hardman 05/10/08
      9.   Keep It Simple: Jerusalem and Golan Forever Israel 11:56  |  Baruch Gold 05/10/08
      10.   #9 Baruch Gold is advocating for permanent war with Muslims 14:42  |  newageblues 05/10/08
      11.   #2, Glenna, I bet Sarah Palin agrees with you 15:28  |  newageblues 05/10/08
      12.   Livni foreign policy 15:28  |  Arie 05/10/08
      13.   Ms. T.M. Livni, foreign policy, Medinat Israel 15:30  |  Ricardo Kolbe 05/10/08
      14.   #10-newageblues- Reality Check required 15:33  |  Arie 05/10/08
      15.   7 MILLION ISRAELIS DIDNT VOTE LIVNI IS NOT PM 18:19  |  Kipperraes 05/10/08
      16.   #11;you can`t tell those who have God in them from those who walk 15:09  |  glenna 06/10/08
      17.   Livni resign ! Linvi is a defeatist who on one elected 03:20  |  Gisser 10/10/08
      18.   LIVNI ,THE DEFEATIST, AND KADIMA LEAD ISRAEL TO NATIONAL SUICIDE 01:47  |  Novick 12/10/08
      19.   livni 22:41  |  eva-chawa 13/10/08
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