Politics: The rise and fall of Tzipi Livni

31.03.2012                      08.Nissan. 5772                       Zaw

Rückschau:

Politics: The rise and fall of Tzipi Livni

Ten reasons she got trounced in Tuesday’s Kadima primary.

Tzipi Livni’s rise through Israeli politics was as meteoric as her downfall. She entered the Knesset in 1999 and was already a minister two years later. She ran six ministries, advancing from minister-without-portfolio to foreign minister in just five years.
By 2006 she was already second in command of Kadima, the country’s ruling party, her role in the formation of which she always exaggerated. A candidate for prime minister only a decade after entering politics, she helped Kadima get the most votes in the 2009 general election….