[Peace-discuss] An echo in the 51st state?

[C. G. Estabrook]

 From Uri Avnery, <http://www.antiwar.com/avnery/?articleid=14253>:

[Tzipi Livni, leader of Israel's Kadima party] supported the war, called for a 
boycott of Hamas, played around with empty negotiations with the Palestinian 
Authority ... Central to the election campaign was the personal competition 
between the two contenders for the prime minister's office: Livni and Netanyahu 
(or, as they call themselves, as if they were still at kindergarten, Tzipi and 
Bibi.)

Contrary to all expectations and all polls, Livni beat Netanyahu. Several 
factors were involved in this. Among others: the masses of the Left were 
terrified by the possibility of Netanyahu winning and flocked to Livni's camp in 
order to "Stop Bibi!"

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