Tzipi Livni

To Be Trusted, Mofaz Should Begin Dismantling the Occupation

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 04.24.2012

Daoud Kuttab

The beginning of the end of occupation also requires telling Israelis that the settlement enterprise runs contrary to peace.

An Opportunity for the Israeli Opposition

Guy Ziv | Posted 04.23.2012

Guy Ziv

Although Israelis are not scheduled to go to the polls until fall of 2013, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is widely expected to call for early elections. Yet, Netanyahu may be more vulnerable than anticipated.

British Prosecutor Blocks Warrant Against Visiting Israeli Politician

AP | GREGORY KATZ | Posted 12.06.2011

LONDON — Britain's chief prosecutor on Thursday blocked an attempt to serve visiting Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni with an arrest warran...

Israel, Where Are You?

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 05.25.2011

Alon Ben-Meir

The notion of Israel becoming a "light unto the nations" while at peace and security with its neighbors seems to be a distant dream today. If the country does not change course it could experience a nightmare of drastic proportions.

Israeli Ambassador's Dishonest Attacks on the Guardian Miss the Point

Ian Katz | Posted 05.25.2011

Ian Katz

Ron Prosor's crude attack on our reporting of the Palestine Papers does neither him nor his country a service.

The Palestine Papers Might Help the PA Create a Palestinian State

Mya Guarnieri | Posted 05.25.2011

Mya Guarnieri

The Palestine Papers help pave the way for two scenarios: The eventual establishment of a democratic, bi-national state or the PA continuing its push for international recognition of a Palestinian state.

Why Israel is Moving to the Right

Carlo Strenger | Posted 05.25.2011

Carlo Strenger

Israel has been sliding into ever greater isolation in the last years and this process has accelerated since Netanayhu came to power in 2009. The inte...

Thinking out of the Box about Hamas

Carlo Strenger | Posted 05.25.2011

Carlo Strenger

Israel's history is replete with creative, daring thinking in the military domain. Unfortunately its policies are characterized by a great lack of str...

What Obama Is Actually Trying To Do in Israel

The Atlantic | Jeffrey Goldberg | Posted 05.25.2011

There is much speculation that this kerfluffle over 1,600 theoretical apartments on the wrong side of the green line in Jerusalem will lead to a ruptu...

Tzipi Livni, Israeli Opposition, Praises Hamas Commander Killing

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 05.25.2011

JERUSALEM — Israel's parliamentary opposition leader on Tuesday praised the assassination of a Hamas commander in Dubai last month, in the first...

Being Anti-Israel and Anti-Zionist Is the "New Anti-Semitism"

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 05.25.2011

Sharmine Narwani

I get pretty irritated hearing false cries of anti-Semitism against anyone who criticizes Israel, its human rights crimes, or its settler movement.

Israeli Politicians

Lord Weidenfeld of Chelsea | Posted 05.25.2011

Lord Weidenfeld of Chelsea

The Iraq crisis, the events in Gaza and the West Bank and the now quite plausible resumption of negotiations with Israel's neighbors, all require a national government from wall to wall of the Knesset.

Israel: British Arrest Warrant For Tzipi Livni Threatens Ties

AP | GREGORY KATZ | Posted 05.25.2011

LONDON — Britain pledged Tuesday to reform a peculiar legal power that lets judges order the arrest of visiting politicians and generals –...

Fear of Fair Trials Fuels the Israeli Offensive Against 'Lawfare'

Daniel Machover | Posted 05.25.2011

Daniel Machover

Close political ties with another government mustn't over-ride the UK's proper duty to enforce the rule of law. Equality of access to justice and the efficacy of universal justice may be put at grave risk.

Tzipi Livni Shows Prime Ministerial Stuff on J Street Conference

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Steve Clemons

Tzipi Livni has sent in a remarkable letter of affirmation to J Street, recognizing potential differences but affirming a shared strategic vision for the best interests of Israel.

Former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni Is No Role Model for Hawaii's Women

Ann Wright | Posted 05.25.2011

Ann Wright

A coalition of activists has asked Hawaiian Governor Linda Lingle to withdraw her invitation to former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni to speak at Hawaii's International Women's Leadership Conference.

The Gulf States Already Have Links with Israel

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 05.25.2011

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

Should the Gulf countries maintain contacts with Israel if this would make life easier for Palestinians? Could having such ties propel the Middle East peace process forward?

"Natural Growth": Netanyahu's Road Map to a Mid East Roadblock

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Amb. Marc Ginsberg

Unlike his predecessors, Obama appears no longer willing to engage in the vexing winking and nodding that has characterized American attitudes to Israeli settlement growth in the past.

Kadima 'Shadow Government' Formed Under Livni

Jerusalem Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Kadima leader Tzipi Livni finally formed a "government" on Monday, seven months after failing to build a real coalition when she had the opportunity t...

Netanyahu 'Easily Blackmailed:' Livni

Haaretz | Posted 05.25.2011

Opposition leader Tzipi Livni blasted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as being "easily blackmailed" in light of the many cabinet posts he handed out...

Israel: Women Photoshopped From Cabinet Picture To Cater To The Ultra-Orthodox

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

JERUSALEM — Two women serve in Israel's new Cabinet, but some Israelis would rather not see them. Newspapers aimed at ultra-Orthodox Jewish rea...

Treading an Ominous Path

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 05.25.2011

Alon Ben-Meir

The Obama administration must remain unequivocal in its pursuit of the two-state solution to prevent a further escalation of the conflict with unpredictable regional implications.

Italy To Boycott UN Racism Conference

Yediot Ahronot | Roni Sofer | Posted 05.25.2011

Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini told Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni that his country would not participate in the international anti-racism con...

Netanyahu Fails To Convince Livni To Form Unity Coalition

Haaretz | Mazal Mualem, Yair Ettinger and Nadav Shragai | Posted 05.25.2011

Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu failed to persuade his centrist rival, Kadima party leader Tzipi Livni, to join him in a broad coalition F...

The Return of Benjamin Netanyahu

Mustafa Barghouthi | Posted 05.25.2011

Mustafa Barghouthi

Throughout his campaign, the cornerstone of Netanyahu's policy toward the 'Palestinian Question' suggests an intention to deepen the conflict rather than solve it.