http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/tzipilivni/ en-us Thu, 16 May 2013 21:09:15 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3020371/posts Justice Minister Tzipi Livni wants punishment for "price tag" operations – as Jewish nationalistic vandalism is called – to be legally defined as terrorism. She is in the process of proposing a law to this effect and is expected to present it to the Cabinet next week. The law would mandate heavy punishment against people convicted of such vandalism and those who express support for it. It will also make it possible for the police and Shin Bet to take harsher measures against suspects in the vandalism, like the measures that are taken against Arab terrorists. Minister of Public Security... Arutz Sheva http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3020371/posts#comment Thu, 16 May 2013 21:09:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3005544/posts Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, who is also in charge of negotiations with the Palestinian Authority, is going behind Prime Minister Netanyahu's back and expressing positions that undermine his conditions for negotiations, according to Maariv. Livni has shown willingness to retreat from Netanyahu's position, that in order for negotiations to begin, the Palestinian Authority (PA) must accept that Israel has a right to exist as the Jewish state. The newspaper quoted a Western source who is well-versed in the diplomatic contacts as saying that Livni "has become convinced that Israel's insistence on this condition could prevent the resumption of negotiations, and... Arutz Sheva http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3005544/posts#comment Mon, 8 Apr 2013 22:12:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3000114/posts Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu expressed satisfaction on Friday with Israel’s apology for the 2010 Mavi Marmara incident. Davutoglu, who just recently hinted there was a “secret deal” between Israel and Syria, said that all of Turkey's fundamental demands had been met with the apology. Earlier, Netanyahu spoke on the phone with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and apologized for the deaths of nine Turks during Israel’s 2010 raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla. Channel 10 News reported on Friday the details of the agreement between Israel and Turkey. Netanyahu, in addition to the apology, has agreed to compensate the... Arutz Sheva http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3000114/posts#comment Sat, 23 Mar 2013 23:54:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2997563/posts The intended Justice Minister, Tzipi Livni, attacked the partnership between Bayit Yehudi head MK Naftali Bennett and Yesh Atid head MK Yair Lapid at week's end. "The disagreements between me and the Bayit Yehudi are very deep," Livni told Channel 10. "Regrettably, the pact between Lapid and Bennett inserted those elements into the government." "I hope that on the diplomatic subjects, Lapid won't adopt Bennett's views," she added. "I expect that in this government, at least on diplomatic matters, we will receive support from Bayit Yehudi and the pact will not lead to substantive issues being blocked. It is not... Arutz Sheva http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2997563/posts#comment Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:07:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2989852/posts Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will allow Hatnua chairwoman Tzipi Livni to lead the peace negotiations with the Palestinian Authority, as part of the coalition agreement between the two, but just several months ago Netanyahu made statements that said exactly the opposite. During the election campaign, Netanyahu had reportedly made clear to several of his senior staff that no talks were taking place with Livni or other members of her party, and that the chances of her joining the next government with him as Prime Minister were nil. “Livni managed the negotiations with the Palestinians poorly,” Netanyahu was quoted in December... Arutz Sheva http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2989852/posts#comment Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:16:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2979871/posts Tzipi Livni, leader of Hatnua, harshly attacked Bayit Yehudi chairman Naftali Bennett, in a behind-the-scenes incident that took place just before a televised interview pitted them against each other at week's end. According to Walla! News, the two rode the elevator together before appearing on Nissim Mishal's show on Channel 2. Bennett initiated the conversation, telling Livni she had gone too far with a Facebook status in which she referred to a report that said Yitzhak Rabin's assassin, Yigal Amir, was going to vote for Bennett. Livni allegedly told him: "I don't regret it; I don't even want to talk... Arutz Sheva http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2979871/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jan 2013 18:57:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2976914/posts Tzipi Livni, who chairs the Hatnua party, slammed on Wednesday what she termed "the extremists" in her former party, the Likud. Livni, who visited a bar in Tel Aviv, warned that a coalition between these Likud extremists and the Jewish Home would be a threat to Israel. "Extremists are taking over our lives and if we do not stop them today - we'll end up in a situation that is dangerous for Israel," Livni said. "These extremists are now in the Likud in the form of (Moshe) Feiglin, (Tzipi) Hotovely, (Yariv) Levin and others - they are in the same... Arutz Sheva http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2976914/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:57:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2975275/posts Yesh Atid (Future) chairman Yair Lapid shot down on Saturday the idea of forming an anti-Likud bloc with Labor and Tzipi Livni's party, but then gave it his conditional consent. The idea was floated Friday night by Livni in a live Channel 2 television appearance, then seconded by MK Shelly Yechimovich, who heads Labor. .... Lapid wrote on his Facebook page that he would meet Yechimovich and Livni, but added, "I have no interest in joining a 'blocking bloc' because it is not my habit to boycott people and parties." "In the meeting, I will suggest to them that, in... Arutz Sheva http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2975275/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jan 2013 22:31:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2973250/posts The latest polls showed that last weekend's dust-up over Naftali Bennett's stance on how IDF soldiers who are uncomfortable with immoral orders are supposed to react has not had a negative impact on the Bayit Yehudi party's standing with the public. If anything, the controversy seems to have helped the party's prospects. Bayit Yehudi is now polling to come in as the third largest party in the Knesset, and is closing in to become the second largest. The party, headed by Bennett, continues to nip at the heels of the joint Likud-Yisrael Beytenu list, and the latest weekly poll by... Arutz Sheva http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2973250/posts#comment Sat, 29 Dec 2012 22:00:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2973248/posts Tzipi Livni, who is running for Knesset at the head of an independent party, blamed Bayit Yehudi leader Naftali Bennett for the violence at the Oz Tzion outpost near Beit El Friday. "Bennett and the extremist rabbis led people to that hilltop on purpose, in order to create friction with IDF soldiers and a situation in which they would refuse orders," Livni wrote on her Facebook page. "These extremists led the people there on Sabbath eve in the knowledge that our children, the IDF soldiers, would have to evict them," she explained. "Netanyahu, who continues to wink toward the extremist... Arutz Sheva http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2973248/posts#comment Sat, 29 Dec 2012 21:49:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2970481/posts "It is a scar, and it's part of my responsibility, but I still think it was the right move," stated Tzipi Livni, referring to the disengagement from Gaza. In 2006 the government forcibly removal of almost 8,000 Jewish civilians from the areas of Gush Katif. Livni is head of the HaTenua Party, and a former Minister of Foreign Affairs. She made the comments during a tour of the Gush Etzion region in Judea. ..."the goal is to leave the maximum number of people in their homes but not all will remain." Arutz Sheva http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2970481/posts#comment Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:50:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2967793/posts Tzipi Livni lit Hanukkah candles Tuesday evening with activists from her new party.... “In every generation a group of people arise who do not give in, and who fight against every challenge, even if it is hard and the odds do not look good,” she said. “The group keeps fighting to bring the light.” Arutz Sheva http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2967793/posts#comment Tue, 11 Dec 2012 23:28:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2965937/posts The disintegration of Israel's left and left of center parties continued apace Wednesday, as Tzipi Livni, head of the new “Hatnu'a” (“the Movement”) party accused Labor Party officials of lying to the public about the reasons for Labor's failure to finalize its Knesset list, one day before the deadline to file lists. Labor officials have been quoted in the media in recent days as saying that Labor is in serious negotiations with Livni to join the two parties, and it is for that reason that the Labor list has not been finalized. But sources close to Livni said Wednesday that... Arutz Sheva http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2965937/posts#comment Wed, 5 Dec 2012 19:56:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2963301/posts Former Kadima chair Tzipi Livni held a news conference at 12:00 noon to announce that she is running for the 19th Knesset at the helm of an independent party, "The Movement – Headed by Tzipi Livni." Livni met Monday with another former Kadima chair, Ehud Olmert, and informed him of her decision. According to a Maagar Mochot poll published Thursday, a list headed by Livni would garner nine Knesset seats and "steal" seats from Labor, which would get only 19, and Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid (Future) party, which would get 4 seats. Lapid has offered Livni the Number Two position... Arutz Sheva http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2963301/posts#comment Tue, 27 Nov 2012 10:57:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2962825/posts The head of the Yesh Atid (Future) party, Yair Lapid, announced on his Facebook page Sunday that he has asked Tzipi Livni to be in the number two spot in his party's Knesset list. Livni is expected to announce this week that she is running in an independent party. "In the past few days I have had quite a few conversations with Tzipi Livni," Lapid wrote. "She received an offer to be Number Two on the Yesh Atid list and to be a full partner in all of the important decisions. Splitting the centrist bloc is not good for Israel... Arutz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2962825/posts#comment Sun, 25 Nov 2012 18:14:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2962655/posts Former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni will announce that she is running for Knesset at the helm of a political party this week – most likely on Tuesday, according to reports. Livni will not form a new party but rather take over a non-functioning party, Hetz, which was registered several years ago by ex-Shinui minister Avraham Poraz. Leftist pundits are unanimous in estimating that Livni's party will further split the already fractured left wing in the next election. Polls project that Livni's party will receive as many as 10 seats, and according to a Maariv poll it is expected to take... Arutz Sheva http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2962655/posts#comment Sat, 24 Nov 2012 20:14:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2773497/posts Opposition leader Tzipi Livni knows the real reason that the hareidi-religious community avoided Saturday night's protests to lower the cost of living, MK Nissim Zev (Shas) said Sunday, speaking to Arutz Sheva. Unfortunately, he added, she preferred to hurl unfounded allegations. “This is not the first time that Livni slams the hareidi community, and the settler community, as if they are the state of Israel's problem,” he noted. “It is a shame that she doesn't look around to see that the entire world is against us,” he continued. “At a time like this we must unite; her approach is neither... Arutz Sheva http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2773497/posts#comment Sun, 4 Sep 2011 17:24:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2623923/posts Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is playing with fire. And Israel is getting burned. Over the past week, it has been widely reported that the Obama administration and the Netanyahu government are conducting secret negotiations regarding future Israeli land surrenders to the Palestinians in the Jordan Valley and Jerusalem. According to the reports, the Obama administration has presented Netanyahu with a plan whereby Israel will cede its rights to eastern Jerusalem and the Jordan Valley to the Palestinians and then lease the areas from the Palestinians for a limited period. The reports on the length of the lease vary. Some claim... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2623923/posts#comment Tue, 9 Nov 2010 01:58:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409846/posts Israel, Our Prayer by Ari Bussel ‘I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live, loving the Lord your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him, for he is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in the land that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob, to give them.” —Deuteronomy 30:19-20 As I sit in the plane departing Ben Gurion Airport in Israel, I think... "Postcards from Israel - Postcards from America" http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409846/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:34:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408090/posts Britain's relations with Israel have been plunged into crisis after the Jewish state angrily denounced an attempt in London to arrest its former foreign minister, Tzipi Livni. The Israeli foreign ministry summoned Tom Phillips, the British ambassador to Tel Aviv, to protest at her treatment and give warning that diplomatic ties had been badly damaged. The Daily Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408090/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:46:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2166543/posts (IsraelNN.com) The cabinet has voted to accept a unilateral ceasefire in Gaza. Two ministers voted against the proposal and one abstained from voting. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2166543/posts#comment Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:00:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087088/posts Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will hand in his resignation to President Shimon Peres at 7:30 p.m. Sunday to carry out an orderly transfer of power, Cabinet Secretary Ovad Yehezkel announced. Once Peres receives the letter, he will meet with the heads of the 13 Knesset factions to consult with them about whom he should appoint to form a new coalition before formally appointing new Kadima leader Tzipi Livni. She will then have 42 days to form a coalition - but her goal is to present a new government to the Knesset when it returns for its winter session on October... The Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087088/posts#comment Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:03:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024209/posts The frontrunner to become Israel’s next prime minister, Tzipi Livni, was a Paris agent for Mossad, Israel’s overseas intelligence agency, in the early 1980s when it ran a series of missions to kill Palestinian terrorists in European capitals, according to former colleagues. They say Livni, now foreign minister, was on active service when Mamoun Meraish, a senior official in the Palestine Liberation Organisation, was shot dead by a Mossad hit squad in Athens on August 21, 1983. She was not directly involved in the killing, in which two young men on a motorcycle drew alongside Meraish’s car and opened fire,... Times Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024209/posts#comment Sun, 1 Jun 2008 01:03:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1894678/posts Israel's popular foreign minister called Wednesday on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to resign _ positioning herself to replace him and dealing the toughest blow yet to his efforts to stay in power after a scathing report on his performance in the war in Lebanon. Olmert said he does not plan to resign, despite the growing number of allies deserting him. Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni became the highest-ranking official to call for Olmert's ouster, telling him in a meeting that he had lost the public's support and setting herself up to become Israel's second female prime minister, after the legendary Golda... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1894678/posts#comment Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:44:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1799672/posts Israel Foreign Minister Livni to AIPAC: We Want Peace, Security By Israel News Agency Staff Jerusalem ----March 12 ..... The following address by Israel Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni to the AIPAC Conference today was communicated by the Israel Ministry for Foreign Affairs to the Israel News Agency. "The American - Israel strategic alliance is a partnership built on common values and not just common interests. This is a unique alliance that transcends politics." "Dear friends, It is a great honor for me to be here today. I believe that we are defined - as individuals, as leaders and as nations... Israel News Agency http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1799672/posts#comment Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:39:51 GMT