I was lucky to catch the live broadcast and to hear and watch it. And to make it even better was the interview from a few months ago, which they showed right afterwards.
Simply put, it was a rather pathetic end to the career of a woman, who had worked her way up the political ladder and got within millimeters of the premiership of the State of Israel. Livni succeeded Ehud Olmert as head of the then ruling Kadima Party, which they had established after breaking away from the Likud. Both Livni and Olmert had come from Betar-Revisionist homes but moved Leftward politically. When Olmert was forced to resign due to corruption indictments, Livni took over the party.
Under Livni's leadership Kadima received more Knesset seats than Likud in the 2009 elections, but she failed in the task of forming a ruling coalition. Likud's Binyamin Bibi Netanyahu succeeded in forming a coalition and has been Prime Minister ever since. This bit of history is very important in understanding the Israeli political system. It's not enough to have good ideas and policies to be Prime Minister of the State of Israel. You must be an extraordinary politician and be able to negotiate and work with people. And this also explains why the polls keep talking about Left and Right blocs. No Israeli Political Party will get over 50% of the votes, over sixty 60 of the one hundred and twenty 120 Knesset seats. An Israeli Prime Minister must be skilled at juggling while walking a circus tightrope.
Tsipi Livni not only failed in her attempt to form a coalition, the breakup of her later political "marriage" to the Labor party showcased her lack of true political skills. Today Livni's claim that her policies are the right ones, but it's her lack of political power that is stopping her, just shows how little she understands. She has insufficient political power, because not enough people like her, and they don't agree with her policies. It certainly hasn't helped that she's with a different party each election.
It's rather ironic that the extreme Left Meretz party is the only one to have shown up to show support to Livni today. But the truth is that Tsipi Livni has burnt too many bridges in her political career to be missed by ordinary Israelis.Tsipi Livni's still young. Will she join other failed politicians like Ehud Barak on the international lecture circuit? Will she write her memoirs? No doubt we'll be hearing from her. International Leftist "think tanks" love our rejected and failed "leaders." She won't starve; that's for sure.
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Israel and Jews need true leaders, not career politicians.
Only those who believe in Torah and study Torah
and understand Torah and practice the teachings
of the Torah can be true Jewish leaders.
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Harvard Law Professor Alan M. Dershowitz said:
The Grand Mufti [Islamic leader] of Jerusalem,
in addition to becoming Hitler’s ally during
World War II, adapted Nazi genocidal theory
to Islamic theology.
He called on his Muslim brothers to:
“Murder the Jews! Murder them all.”
Other Islamic leaders used Nazi words like
“extermination” in referring to the goals
of Arab victory [against Israel].
SOURCE: Chutzpah
by Alan M. Dershowitz (chapter 4, page 119)
year 1991
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Harvard Law Professor Alan M. Dershowitz said:
“We [Jews] need not apologize about our successes.
We earned them, the hard way.
We need not be apologetic or defensive about
our power in America. For we have seen what
can, and will, happen if we abdicate that power.
Our history as a people demonstrates that
we need more power than others to survive.
That is one of the important lessons to
be learned from thousands of years of
anti-Jewish bigotry.
I am reminded of it every time I open one of
my poison-pen letters. We are not the Swiss
and our history is not one of being left alone.
It is one of constant victimization and repression.
Without power – indeed, without power disproportional
to our numbers – we continue to be victimized.
We should strive to enhance our power on every front.”
SOURCE: Chutzpah by Alan M. Dershowitz
(chapter 4, page 129) year 1991
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Harvard Law Professor Alan M. Dershowitz said:
“Every current criticism of Israel – whether
made by Israelis, American Jews, or others –
is used by its enemies as part of an explicit
international campaign to delegitimize Israel.”
SOURCE: Chutzpah by Alan M. Dershowitz
(chapter 7, page 213) year 1991
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Harvard Law Professor Alan M. Dershowitz said:
“Palestinians have learned the political
value of invoking human rights rhetoric.
Indeed, Former U.S. State Department official
Alan Keyes has argued that by changing the
terms of the Mideast debate from a political
issue between Israel and the Arab states
into a human rights complaint by occupied
Palestinians, the PLO has won an undeserved
political and diplomatic advantage.
Palestinian political organizations
now present themselves as human rights
organizations, and the media fall for it.”
SOURCE: Chutzpah by Alan M. Dershowitz
(chapter 7, page 230) year 1991
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Harvard Law Professor Alan M. Dershowitz said:
The genocide of Israel’s Jewish population –
a population roughly the size of the Polish
Jewish population at the beginning of World War II
– is not an unrealistic nightmare.
Nothing today prevents it other than Israel’s
military superiority over the combined
Arab armies and terrorist organizations.
If the Arab armies and terrorists were capable
of defeating Israel, destroying its Jewish
population, and “reclaiming” ALL of current
Israel, there can be little doubt that
they would try to do so. Indeed, if any Arab
leader were militarily capable of destroying
Israel, but refrained from doing so, he would
be replaced by someone who would at least try.
,,,Although there are some moderate voices
within the Palestinian and Arab movements,
these voices are listened to only because Israel
is too strong today to be defeated totally.
SOURCE: Chutzpah by Alan M. Dershowitz
(chapter 7, page 247) year 1991
If Tzipi Livni had her way she wouldn't have wanted the U.S embassy in Jerusalem.
Her appeasement policies failed.
Remember how Livni kept telling people Netanyahu and Bennett were dreaming that Trump would move the U.S embassy to Jerusalem. Livni only believed in appeasement to Palestinian terrorists.
Livni: Netanyahu, Bennett 'feeding public pipe dreams' on US Embassy move
https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4963177,00.html
Livni was Foreign Minister for Olmert when in 2008 Livni and Olmert wanted to give up Israeli sovereignty of the Western Wall to the Europeans, Pay for Slay Palestinians, Jordan who destroyed 58 temples from 48 to 67 in East Jerusalem.
This fool Livni would have the anti Israel Europeans and Arabs controlling the Wailing Wall.
What a Sick woman.
Dan, yes for sure Tzipi hasn't a clue and is only getting worse. Good riddance.
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