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Livni vows Kadima won't 'sell' Israel to the ultra-Orthodox
By Mazal Mualem, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Israel News, Tzipi Livni 

Foreign Minister and Kadima Chairwoman Tzipi Livni on Thursday reiterated her vow not to "sell" Israel to ultra-Orthodox parties in return for parliamentary support.

"Kadima will represent Israel and will determine its identity as a Jewish state, without doing so by selling the state to Haredim," she said.

In September, Livni won a Kadima primary and replaced outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as leader of the centrist party. But not managing to recruit enough parties to join a coalition, she was forced to go to general elections instead of taking over from Olmert as premier as well.
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Livni said she chose not to accede to the coalition demands of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, saying "I refuse to pawn Israel's future for the prime minister's chair."

Also on Thursday, the Kadima party approved a motion to cement Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz's place at the top of the party list, behind Kadima Head Tzipi Livni.

The Likud party was quick to criticize the move, with MK Michael Eitan saying it "takes us back to the age of tricks and shticks. It shatters any illusion that Kadima will bring a different form of politics to Israel. If there is any hope in Israel for a new form of politics, it can only come from the leadership of the new Likud."

Sources close to Mofaz had said earlier on Thursday that if his spot is not solidified at the top of the list the unity of the Kadima party would be compromised.

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      1.   No Livni and Kadima will give to terrorists instead 22:34  |  Gee 20/11/08
      2.   but selling us to the extreme-left is ok... 22:37  |  James 20/11/08
      3.   Livni and the Haredim 23:02  |  Avi Yerushalmi 20/11/08
      4.   Kadima DIVIDES Israeli`s one against the other 00:03  |  Avi 21/11/08
      5.   Instead Livni/Kadima will sell Israel to Arbs 00:20  |  Genuine Tosefta 21/11/08
      6.   Already Sold! 00:22  |  Andrew 21/11/08
      7.   On Feb.10 Oust Axis of Evil: Meretz/Kadima-Labor 01:00  |  Joseph.E 21/11/08
      8.   Sucks to be Shas 02:46  |  Ben 21/11/08
      9.   The only one livni will sell out to is qurei and terrorists 03:20  |  Arie 21/11/08
      10.   Exactly what is a ultra orthodox you all sames RIGHT ??? 03:21  |  M. S. 21/11/08
      11.   Kadima Showed All What A Total Failure It Was For All Israelis 04:00  |  Livin In Rishon 21/11/08
      12.   If Livni spoke of her own accomplishments 07:37  |  Ilan 21/11/08
      13.   To #10 M.S. 08:10  |  Gershon Reed 21/11/08
      14.   It wouldn`t be for some Haredi lawyers . . . 09:41  |  Zev Davis 21/11/08
      15.   Fortunately, Livni and Kadima won`t get the chance to give away 10:59  |  Yaakov K. 21/11/08
      16.   But what will PM Netanyahu do? 13:48  |  Mark Lincoln 21/11/08
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