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Netanyahu Stuns, Forges New Government

Tue, 08 May 2012 06:52:36 CDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled a revamped coalition government today, forming a broad alliance with the chief opposition party that could free his hand to take bold action on peace with the Palestinians and decide whether to attack Iran. In a stunning reversal, Netanyahu called off plans to hold...

Netanyahu Asks Rival Livni to Join Government

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:26:25 CST

The Israeli prime minister has asked moderate opposition leader Tzipi Livni to join his government—a move that could boost efforts to restart negotiations with the Palestinians if she accepts, or rip apart her rival party if she refuses. The offer, made late yesterday after a cabinet meeting, came amid...

Livni Claims Win in Race to Succeed Olmert

John Johnson — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:51:23 CDT

Tzipi Livni declared victory today in her party's primary and is on track to become Israel's first female prime minister in more than 30 years, Reuters reports. Livini, currently the foreign minister, comfortably won the Kadima Party election to decide who will replace scandal-plagued Ehud Olmert. Final results aren't yet...

Livni Poised to Be Israeli PM

Peter Fearon — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:03:01 CDT

The main party in Israel's coalition government is poised today to choose 50-year-old foreign minister Tzipi Livni as Kadima party leader and new prime minister. She'll have a matter of weeks to construct a new coalition government or risk an election defeat by the right-wing Likud party, reports the New...

Israel's Parliament Elects Peres President

Sophie Goldstein — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:28:56 CDT

The Knesset voted in Vice Premier Shimon Peres as president of Israel today, after his two rivals for the office dropped out. Peres, a former PM and Nobel laureate, says his job is to unite Israeli society and "expel despair from our midst." He follows Moshe Katsav, who stepped down...