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Israel’s Center Does Not Hold

Netanyahu’s coalition begins to govern, as the world awaits a two-state solution.

By Ralph Seliger

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. However, as is always true in Israeli elections, since no single party won a majority… return to article

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    There will be no two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian problem because Israel does not want one and will never allow it to come to fruition.

    United States Posted by patrick hattman on May 19, 2009 at 3:36 AM
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