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This was the message, too, that the foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, took to a meeting with EU foreign ministers in Brussels.

Before the meeting got underway, Livni said she believed previous negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians had been hurt by publicity.

Opposition leader Tzipi Livni said the IAEA report makes clear where Iran is heading.

Olmert plans to stay on as caretaker of the negotiations while Livni works to set up a governing coalition.

Olmert met Barak, foreign minister Tzipi Livni and his senior commanders for an apparently tense four-hour meeting on Tuesday night.

Although Ms Livni would probably make the more amenable interlocutor, Israel's eventual choice is not as decisive as it may seem.

Livni and Barak support the creation of a Palestinian state ; Netanyahu does not .

Livni said Israel opposes any dialogue with Hamas and does not consider the group a legitimate organization, but rather a terrorist group.

Both Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and hard-line leader Benjamin Netanyahu claimed victory in what is still a very tight race.

But the last polls before the election suggested it could be a close race between him and Tzipi Livni from Kadima.

During the meeting, the Libyan delegation to Livni transmitted on CD-ROM produced by Gaddafi's letter.

This view is attributed to foreign minister Tzipi Livni, for whom such an approach would dovetail with diplomatic moves.

Labour's surge comes at the expense of the main opposition party, Kadima, led by Tzipi Livni, a former foreign minister.

Shas opposes Livni's plan to hand over parts of Jerusalem to the Palestinians under an emerging peace agreement.

If Livni is elected prime minister, she can be expected to quickly return to the talks with the Palestinians.

Livni spoke at the start of a meeting Sunday with visiting U. S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

Livni is a pragmatist who favors negotiation, and has spoken of a need to make territorial concessions in return for peace.

Livni's failure to form a government is a setback for efforts to reach a peace deal with the Palestinians by year's end.

On Sunday, Livni announced she was dropping efforts to form a government.

Report: Livni to call for snap elections.

Two of his cabinet colleagues, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Transport Minister Shaul Mofaz have said they will run for the post.

But Mr Lieberman, like Ms Livni and Kadima, also accepts the notion of two states, one for Israel, one for Palestine.

Tzipi Livni, the foreign minister in the previous government and now leader of the opposition, supported Mr Baruch's critique.

Both Mr Netanyahu and Ms Livni held televised victory ceremonies on Tuesday night, replete with piped music and much hugging and handshakes.

Ms Livni showed as foreign minister during Israel's recent Gaza war that she is no cooing dove.

For even if Ms Livni becomes prime minister, the road to peace will not be straight.

But if he meant to pillory Israel's hardline policies, going for Ms Livni missed the mark.

He urged Livni to bring her centrist Kadima party into the coalition, but she flatly refused.

He commands the parliamentary arithmetic to form a coalition with Tzipi Livni's party, Kadima.

Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni is holding consultations with various .

That happened last Wednesday, when moderate Tzipi Livni won a narrow victory in the Kadima party primaries.

Livni took a much tougher line on Iran, saying Israel and the international community need to confront Tehran and not appease it.

Even if Ms Livni gets the job and hangs on to it, she will not perform miracles.

Livni was given several weeks to form a coalition government or face early elections.

If she became prime minister, Ms Livni would also need to undertake several other fiendishly hard tasks.

The biggest obstacle in Livni's path is the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, a key partner in the current coalition.

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, who has been nominated to form Israel's next government, has vowed to push for peace with the Palestinians.

If Livni fails to form a government there will be early elections next year - probably in March.

Livni is the foreign minister who has been Israel's chief negotiator in talks with the Palestinians.

He wants Mr Netanyahu to swap his hardline partners for Tzipi Livni's centrist Kadima party.

Livni was elected leader of the ruling Kadima party last week.

His designated successor is Tzipi Livni, who has been serving as foreign minister.

Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni spoke on U. S. television.

For weeks, Tzipi Livni has been negotiating with Israel's ultra-Orthodox Shas party.

Opponents of quotas say that women such as Tzipi Livni, the new leader of Israel's ruling party, do pretty well without them.

Ms Livni claimed that talk of camps was anachronistic.

Livni is based on domestic doves , that ease the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.