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 Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 8:00 pm Post subject: Livni crushes Olmert in voter poll |
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Jan. 5, 2007 2:11 | Updated Jan. 5, 2007 6:00
Livni crushes Olmert in voter poll
By GIL HOFFMAN
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Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni poses a serious threat to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in Kadima, according to a Shvakim Panorama poll.
The poll of 345 Kadima voters found that 49.3 percent believe Livni should be their party's candidate for prime minister in the next election, followed by Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz with 14.5%, Israel Radio reported Thursday.
"None of the above" finished third with 11.6%, followed by 10.1% undecided and 8.7% for Olmert. Construction and Housing Minister Meir Sheetrit finished last with 5.8%.
Livni, who was one of the strongest supporters of former prime minister Ariel Sharon's unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, criticized the move for the first time.
"We decided to leave Gaza and take fate in our hands," she said. "When we removed settlements in Gaza, we didn't talk to the Palestinians and it wasn't perceived as a victory for the moderates. We don't need to concede to terror, and we don't need to make concessions in a way that would be perceived as an achievement for terror."
Livni's spokesman said the foreign minister did not regret supporting the unilateral withdrawal, but its lesson was that acting unilaterally does not strengthen moderates.
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