Left to mount campaign supporting PM

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Left to mount campaign supporting PM

Ynet learns prominent political figures in Left, Center plan to launch campaign meant to bolster Netanyahu's public standing following Bar Ilan speech, in which he announced intention to promote two-state solution

Attila Somfalvi
Published: 09.08.09, 19:02 / Israel News

Several prominent Leftists and centrists are planning to launch a new campaign supporting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the agenda he presented in his Bar Ilan speech, Ynet learned Tuesday.

The campaign, titled "Blue & White Peace," is meant to bolster Netanyahu's support of the a two-state solution.

Among those lending their support to the new initiative are former ministers Ami Ayalon and Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, former Israeli Air Force Chief Eliezer Shkedy, former Deputy Foreign Minister Dr. Yehuda Ben Meir and Attorney Gilad Sher, who headed the 1999 Israeli mission to Camp David.

Other prominent figures include Geneva Initiative CEO Gadi Baltiansky, former Shin Bet chiefs Yaakov Peri and Carmi Gilon, former deputy minister Dalia Rabin and former Knesset Member Etti Livni.

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