Probable Successor To Olmert, Livni Insists On Giving Palis A State

Well, I've gone from the elation of finally seeing the end of wishy washy Prime Minister Olmert to the depression of hearing his probably successor, Tzipi Livni, call for increased negotiations with the Palestinians. What the hell happened to Livni? Years ago, as a member of Likud, she was staunch, a hawk, a refreshing fist of iron and now...hell, she sounds like Olmert to a tee.
Here's some of the details from Breitbart:

The politician with perhaps the best chance to replace Israel's embattled prime minister on Thursday called for a unity government to pursue the creation of a Palestinian state living peacefully alongside Israel.
Deputy Premier Tzipi Livni, who also serves as Israel's foreign minister, said she will try to form such a government if she wins next month's primary election of the ruling Kadima Party, as polls indicate she is likely to do.
"I believe that what we called in the past left and right is something that belongs to the past," she told foreign reporters. Now most Israelis understand that having two states in the lands comprising historic Palestine "is an Israeli interest."

How many times does it have to be said? The Palestinians don't want a state, Ms. Livni, they want YOUR state! The palis don't want a country with borders and a government and autonomy...they want the destruction of Israel. Go ahead putz and sit down with these minions of Satan and you'll find out what they want and you will feel the fool when you find out that there will never be enough to satisfy them. And do you actually think the palis can do ONE THING to control the murder of Jews? No way.

Now, look at this other disturbing position from Livni:

Livni also called for tougher sanctions against Iran, which she said is moving rapidly to enrich enough uranium to build an atomic weapon.

Sanctions? Sanctions??!!! The only "sanction" that will work against Iran is to level those nuclear facilities and fill their lungs with burning dust and smoke.

Like I say, this appears to be Olmert Phase Two and every advance that Hamas and Hezbollah and Syria and Iran has made will just continue to build and build until the time arrives when Israel has no discernible military advantage over those that have committed themselves to its destruction.

Top Israeli candidate wants unity government

JERUSALEM (AP) - The politician with perhaps the best chance to replace Israel's embattled prime minister on Thursday called for a unity government to pursue the creation of a Palestinian state living peacefully alongside Israel.
Deputy Premier Tzipi Livni, who also serves as Israel's foreign minister, said she will try to form such a government if she wins next month's primary election of the ruling Kadima Party, as polls indicate she is likely to do.
"I believe that what we called in the past left and right is something that belongs to the past," she told foreign reporters. Now most Israelis understand that having two states in the lands comprising historic Palestine "is an Israeli interest."
Livni pointed to opinion polls that show her party winning a general election if she becomes Kadima head. However, she said she would prefer to keep the existing coalition, and even bring in new partners to strengthen it, rather than go to new elections.
"It's not my choice. It's theirs," she said of parliament members who will have to decide whether to join up with her if she becomes head of Kadima.
The party's current head, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, has promised to step down after next month's primary. He is the target of a series of highly damaging corruption probes that have made his continued stay in office untenable.
The 50-year-old Livni spent much of her career as a member of the hawkish Likud Party, and she is the daughter of a famous fighter of the early militant Zionist group Irgun.
However, she has carved a niche for herself as a leading moderate since leaving Likud and joining the government of former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who formed Kadima in 2005 as a way of pushing through his plan to withdraw Israeli troops and settlers from the Gaza Strip.
In the coming months, Livni will face stiff political competition both inside and outside her party, especially from hardliners such as former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Success, however, would make her Israel's first female prime minister since Golda Meir.
Livni is currently Israel's lead negotiator in peace talks with the Palestinians. On Thursday she sent mixed signals on whether it will be possible anytime soon to sign and implement a peace accord that would presumably enable Israel to remain both Jewish and democratic by allowing it to shed responsibility for millions of Palestinians.
"We decided that time is against us, that time is against the moderates and that stagnation is not an option for the Israeli government," she said in explaining the government's decision to hold peace talks with the moderate Palestinian leadership based in the West Bank.