If Livni succeeds (and I predict she will despite Israel’s notoriously fractious politics), she will become the second female prime minister in the country’s short 60-year history. It’s anybody’s guess, however, what her election would portend for Israel’s two most-pressing national issues, namely its looming war with Iran and elusive peace with Palestine. But, given… Read more.
Israeli elections: too close to call between Livni and Netanyahu
Friday, February 13, 2009 at 5:24 AM