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Last update - 16:14 17/01/2009
Journalist calls Livni 'terrorist' during press conference on Gaza operation
By Natasha Mozgovaya, Haaretz Correspondent and The Associated Press
Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel News 

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni had a testy press conference Friday in Washington, D.C., moments after she signed an agreement with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meant to combat arms smuggling to Gaza.

From the starting moments of the press conference, Livni was beset by a less-than friendly barrage of questions, with a number of journalists asserting that Israel's military operations in Gaza will only make Middle East peace more distant.

Some journalists went so far as to compare the Israeli government to that of dictator Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe, due to Israel's decision to bar journalists from Gaza.
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One of the more tense moments came when one journalist began to quote at length a Human Rights report on the situation in Gaza, before asking Livni to comment on "the murder of innocent civilians in the Strip."

When the man was asked to finish his question, he yelled out that Livni had been speaking for an hour and that the journalists weren't being allowed to ask questions. He then asked since when the U.S. has been hosting "terrorists".

To her credit, Livni managed to keep her cool, and expressed her desire to answer the question. When he finished, she answered that Israel "did not want to get involved in the internal matters of the Palestinian Authority, that's why we left the Gaza Strip unilaterally, but we got terror in return. We try all we can to avoid harming civilians, but it happens."

A number of other journalists asked questions that included quotes from the human rights report, asking if Israel needs to be held responsible for the failure of the cease-fire due to the decision to enact a blockade on the Gaza Strip.

While she was speaking inside, a protest was being held outside the building by an anti-war group calling themselves "Code Pink", who repeatedly chanted "there is a war criminal in this building."


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      2.   To #1 23:50  |  John 16/01/09
      3.   Nothing will satisfy... 23:58  |  Ben 16/01/09
      4.   #2 Uh, no 00:05  |  Gili 17/01/09
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      7.   To #3 04:21  |  John 17/01/09
      8.   re: John 10:36  |  UsedToPostHere 17/01/09
      9.   I love Israel! 10:40  |  A. Non Imus 17/01/09
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      12.   Nr 11. 11:37  |  Canadian 17/01/09
      13.   Stop killing children & women 12:30  |  zak 17/01/09
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      17.   Human Rights report 17:59  |  Robert 17/01/09
      18.   zak: STOP SUPPORTING TERROR 17:59  |  Ben 17/01/09
      19.   Journalists want to go to Gaza 18:13  |  MMM 17/01/09
      20.   The backlash had began 18:13  |  Ben 17/01/09
      21.   The backlash had began 18:13  |  Ben 17/01/09
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      25.   Israel doesn`t dare attack Iran 19:09  |  Jim 17/01/09
      26.   The US is going to stop smuggling? What a joke! 19:21  |  GloomBoom.com 17/01/09
      27.   ironic 19:26  |  phil t. lucre 17/01/09
      28.   levni labelled trrorist 19:27  |  AJ 17/01/09
      29.   Natasha was frightened to name the journalist 19:41  |  Boris 17/01/09
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      34.   Jim if you had a brain you might be dangerous 22:25  |  Cynic 17/01/09
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      40.   Press conference was a disgrace. 00:55  |  Claudia 18/01/09
      41.   The road 00:56  |  probe 18/01/09
      42.   Code Pink is a War Crime! 00:59  |  Claudia 18/01/09
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      44.   livni 01:49  |  judge mike 18/01/09
      45.   To Brad #33 01:56  |  Serenity 18/01/09
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      47.   Let`s be honest here 02:04  |  Nick of OZ 18/01/09
      48.   "Arab" journalist referring to Zimbabwe was Rachel S. Levin 02:14  |  Boris 18/01/09
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      57.   The whole world is going crazy 06:05  |  Dustin 18/01/09
      58.   The World is Watching 06:08  |  Richard 18/01/09
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