ISRAEL: Prime Minister Ehud Olmert meets Kadima leader Tzipi Livni in bid to prevent political gridlock

Record ID: 396470

  • Title: ISRAEL: Prime Minister Ehud Olmert meets Kadima leader Tzipi Livni in bid to prevent political gridlock
  • Date: 13th February 2009
  • Summary: TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (FEBRUARY 12, 2009) (REUTERS) ISRAEL'S DEFENCE MINISTRY HEADQUARTERS SECURITY OUTSIDE COMPOUND CONVOY CARRYING ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER EHUD OLMERT ARRIVING FOR MEETING WITH KADIMA LEADER AND FOREIGN MINISTER TZIPI LIVNI CARS BEING CHECKED AT ENTRANCE MORE OF VEHICLES AND CROSS ROADS
  • Embargoed: 28th February 2009 12:00
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  • Location: Israel
  • Country: Israel
  • Topics: Domestic Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVAAM6IL9JH6ZSZIJ3NR6JGSTOXY
  • Story Text: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday (February 12) met Foreign Minister and leader of the Kadima party as coalition talks continued after elections left Israel facing a political gridlock.
    Olmert and Tzipi Livni met in Tel Aviv's defense ministry headquarters, a highly secured compound that also hosts army headquarters.
    Livni's centrist Kadima party won the most votes in the election but had little chance of building enough support for a resilient coalition government. Right-wing opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu can get the backing in parliament, but analysts said the likely alliance would prove dysfunctional.
    Israeli President Shimon Peres must now decide whether to call on Livni or Netanyahu. Either would then have 42 days to form a government. An official election tally is due out by February 18, after which Peres would have a week to make his nomination.
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