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Israel/Palestine

oberliner

(58,724 posts) Tue Feb 19, 2013, 09:34 PM Feb 2013

Israeli PM names Livni as justice minister

Tzipi Livni, Israel's former foreign minister, has been named as justice minister after joining an emerging coalition headed by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of the ruling Likud Party.

Livni, who heads the centrist HaTnuah Party, will also be Israel's negotiator in any peace talks with the Palestinians, the prime minister's bloc said on Tuesday.

HaTnuah, which campaigned for the renewal of peace talks with the Palestinians, is the first to join Netanyahu's new coalition.

"The prime minister and justice minister will upon the formation of the new government act to renew the diplomatic process," the statement said.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/02/201321918594357620.html

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