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...probably no coincidence that the odds-on favorite to replace Olmert is a politician with an ironclad reputation for honesty and integrity--she famously insists on always picking up her own tab, even if it's just for a plate of hummus. Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni is in many ways Olmert's opposite. The Prime Minister is a jokey backslapper and charmer, a consummate pol with expensive tastes in cigars, flashy wristwatches and fountain pens; Livni, 49, is a no-nonsense former Mossad agent who eschews small talk, avoids the Bar Mitzvah circuit most Israeli politicians use to rack...
McCain pleased his Israeli hosts by pledging support, if elected President, to help Israel in its struggle against Islamic militants Hamas and Hizballah and Iran. "If Hamas and Hizballah succeed here, they are going to succeed everywhere," McCain told reporters after meeting with Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni. "They are dedicated to the extinction of everything that the U.S., Israel and the West believe and stand for." He also met President Shimon Peres and was supposed to tour Sderot, a southern Israeli town often targeted by rockets from Gaza militants...
When asked about whether she could think of a potential role for American Jews in the conflict, Livni answered simply...
...Livni also addressed the recent casualties among Palestinian civilians caused by Israeli soldiers. She asserted a “distinction between a terrorist who is looking for a child to kill and a soldier who defends his own people and does it by mistake. This is according to the values of the international community...
Among the factors that contributed to the recent escalation between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza, Livni mentioned the weapon smuggling that makes way through Egypt to supply militants there. The control over the Philadelphi corridor, a buffer zone between Egypt and Gaza, was handed over to the Egyptian government by Israel in 2005. Livni expressed hope that Egypt will do “a better job” in preventing the weapon smuggling, and added that “maybe we did make a mistake in leaving the Philadelphi corridor and maybe we will have to change...