With Israel's left splintered and shattered, Tzipi Livni's centrist Kadima is now the main opposition to the hard right. In Israel's national election in February 2009, Livni garnered more votes and parliamentary seats than Benjamin Netanyahu, her main opponent and head of a resurgent Likud party. [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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