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No More Tzipi

Twenty years in the Knesset and government came to an end today. At the
Likkud, Kadima, Hatenua and the Zionist Union. With all the transitions
and turnovers, there was one moment that could have changed Israel’s
history. In October two thousand and eight, when she was the most

popular figure in Israeli politics, Livni got the one-time opportunity to be
Prime Minister with seventy seats in the center-left block. But in one of the
greatest misses in the history of local politics, she missed against an empty

goal. The Knesset Mamber who joined the Likkud after she was horrified,
as she put it, from the wording of the Oslo Accords, became over the years
the bearer of the two-states flag. She supported the disengagement, moved

along with Sharon to Kadima, led Kadima to a surprising victory in seats
over Netanyahu’s Likkud, just to find out that the block is more important
than the party. She established Hatenua in order to serve as an alternative

for Netanyahu. After losing, she found herself in an unhappy relationship
with Avi Gabay. She didn’t accept his leadership, he didn’t value her
contribution, and it all fell apart on live TV. Livni came back to her party,
as the song says, “If it has to be alone, let it be on the go,” but this ended

this morning as well.

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