Livni poised to be next Israeli PM
by TRNN

Daniel Levy: Livni supports two state solution but no sign willing to make meaningful compromise.

 

 

 

According to Israeli TV exit polls Foreign minister Tzipi Livni has won the Kadima party primary. Although the results are by no means conclusive, the exit polls gave Livni a victory of 47.2 % 

Bio

Daniel Levy is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Prospects for Peace Initiative at The Century Foundation and a Senior Fellow and Director of the Middle East Initiative at the New America Foundation. During the Barak Government, he worked in the Prime Minister's Office as special adviser and head of the Jerusalem Affairs unit under Minister Haim Ramon. He also worked as senior policy adviser to former Israeli Minister of Justice, Yossi Beilin. He was a member of the official Israeli delegation to the Taba negotiations with the Palestinians in January 2001, and previously served on the negotiating team to the “Oslo B” Agreement from May to September 1995, under Prime Minister Rabin.