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Dalia Itzik, Tzachi Hanegbi, Roni Bar-On emerge victorious in Kadima primary By Mazal Mualem Tags: Israel News All of Kadima's current ministers made it into the top half of the party's slate, with the lowest-ranking being Haim Ramon (17). But the big winner was Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik, who placed first in the primary. That puts her third on the list, since the top two slots were reserved for party chairwoman Tzipi Livni and her main rival, Shaul Mofaz. Itzik is the only one of Kadima's top 10 to have come from the Labor Party. Eight of the others came from Likud. Advertisement MK Tzachi Hanegbi came in second, followed by Finance Minister Roni Bar-On, who defied predictions that the economic crisis and a double-voting scandal would hurt him. Altogether, Kadima will have four women in its top 10 ¬ Livni, Itzik, Tourism Minister Ruhama Avraham Balila and MK Marina Solodkin ¬ and nine in its top 30. That is a higher percentage than either Labor or Likud. The losers included three sitting MKs who placed so far down that they are unlikely to enter the next Knesset: Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel (31), Knesset Constitution Committee chairman Prof. Menahem Ben-Sasson (35) and House Committee chairman David Tal (39). Another loser was Mofaz, many of whose candidates also placed too low to have much chance of becoming MKs. Two prominent new faces made the top 20: Jewish Agency chairman Zeev Bielski (15) and former army spokesman Nachman Shai (18). Both were backed by Livni. Bookmark to del.icio.us   The perfect storm The Madoff scam is a perfect storm for an outpouring of anti-Semitic web posts. Anne Frank A wax figure of Anne Frank is on display in Berlin's Madame Tussauds.

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