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as possible and to go to the people and get a clear mandate to lead Israel," a statement from his office said. Netanyahu, who leads the right-wing Likud party, also said he ordered the dismissal of Finance Minister Yair Lapid and Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, who both head centrist parties. "In past
e Minister Yair Lapid and Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, who both head centrist parties. "In past weeks, including the past day, ministers Lapid and Livni have harshly attacked the government that I head. I will no longer tolerate an opposition inside the goverment," Netanyahu said in the statement.
re building a nuclear reactor. I had got to know Olmert fairly well over the years, initially when I was in the kirya and both he and another rising Likud politician to whom I became closer, Dan Meridor, were members of the Knesset’s defense committee. But from the day I returned to the Israeli governme
steadfastly reminded the critics of how the war had actually begun. The one putative victory for Israel was the UN cease-fire resolution that Tzipi Livni helped to negotiate in August. At least on paper, it contained a commitment to a “long-term solution” including the disarmament of Hizbollah and the
building a nuclear reactor. *** I had got to know Olmert fairly well over the years, initially when I was in the kirya and both he and another rising Likud politician to whom I became closer, Dan Meridor, were members of the Knesset's defense committee. But from the day I returned to the Israeli governme
r steadfastly reminded the critics of how the war had actually begun. The one putative victory for Israel was the UN cease-fire resolution that Tzipi Livni helped to negotiate in August. At least on paper, it contained a commitment to a "long-term solution" including the disarmament of Hizbollah and the
ot be allowed to use its uranium-enrichment program to develop a nuclear weapon, an issue that the two will discuss during Obama's visit. Netanyahu's Likud party emerged from elections last month as the largest bloc in Israel's parliament, meaning that he will serve another term as prime minister. But HO
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029695 →ion. Former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni ruined her reputation when she refused to join Netanyahu in his last government. While it is quite true that Livni was an ineffective opposition leader, it is the very fact of her refusal to join the administration and "influence it from within" that has provoked
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029708 →ot be allowed to use its uranium-enrichment program to develop a nuclear weapon, an issue that the two will discuss during Obama's visit. Netanyahu's Likud party emerged from elections last month as the largest bloc in Israel's parliament, meaning that he will serve another term as prime minister. But HO
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029782 →ion. Former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni ruined her reputation when she refused to join Netanyahu in his last government. While it is quite true that Livni was an ineffective opposition leader, it is the very fact of her refusal to join the administration and "influence it from within" that has provoked
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029795 →Entities connected to both Likud and Livni

Benjamin Netanyahu
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Barack Obama
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George W. Bush
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Jerusalem
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Knesset
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Lebanon
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Bashar al-Assad
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United States
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Tehran
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Bill Clinton
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Cairo
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Ehud Barak
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West Bank
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Shimon Peres
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Damascus
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Hosni Mubarak
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Middle East
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Saddam Hussein
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Fatah
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Yasser Arafat
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