Posted on 10/26/2008 9:16:04 AM PDT by Nachum
(IsraelNN.com)
Kadima Party leader Tzipi Livni, who is to inform President Shimon Peres today that she failed at forming a new government, admits it's because she refused a Shas demand to promise to keep all of Jerusalem.
Livni was able to reach a coalition agreement with Labor, but the Shas Party informed her late last week that it would be unable to join her government. Without Shas, Livni cannot form a government with a comfortable Knesset majority.
Shas says that Livni refused to meet its demands: Increased montly child allowance payments for large and medium-sized families, and a promise to keep Jerusalem united and Israeli.
Livni herself has admitted to both these points, taking credit not only for declining to increase child allowances, but for refusing to promise to keep Jerusalem Jewish.
Livni: For Israel's Sake, Jerusalem Must be Negotiated Kadima leader Livni - the incumbent Foreign Minister who has been leading negotiations with the Palestinian Authority - was quoted on Voice of Israel radio as having said, "For the benefit of the State, I cannot promise not to hold negotiations over Jerusalem."
A spokesman for Opposition Leader Binyamin Netanyahu, who is expected to win the coming election, said that the fact that Livni was unable to come towards Shas on its Jerusalem demand is "proof that she has no backbone or ability to withstand the pressures of negotiations."
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
hello, Bibi. we’ll need him if we get President ACORN>
And that’s why this loser’s government will be DOA.
About time Israel elects a prime with a set of nads who will stand up for Israel, not just placate mooselimbs.
Bibi’s coming back. Hope he doesn’t have to rely on Obama as a trusted friend.
Bibi is a smart guy, and he will know very soon, who is his friend and who is not. Livini was just too dumb for the job, and she does not love Israel enough.
They may be devout, but they also sound like devout Socialists, with their demands for more welfare payments.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
In light of what we're on the verge of doing, I hope that was sarcasm.
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Of course not, no one accused Livni of wanting to keep Jerusalem.
An excellent point. Thank you.
Israel has a f&$ked up electoral system with multiple single-issue parties, so that it is impossible for any single party to win a clear majority, and they have to cobble together a coalition with these special interest small parties.
The U.S. is coming very close to electing a socialist loser to lead the country, what's their excuse?
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Young people who think voting for Obama is “cool” and squishy-spined suburbanites who think that Obama will govern as a “moderate” a la Clinton and lead us to prosperity without “guilt.”
Livni is Olmert with hair. Livni you are a leftist pali sympathizer and must never be PM.
Amen to that.
Another JINO.
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