Saturday, November 22, 2008

Livni: Voting for Netanyahu equals selling out to Shas

In an interview on Friday with Channel 2, Kadima chair Tzipi Livni criticized the negotiations between Likud chair Benjamin Netanyahu and ultra-Orthodox party Shas.

"Whoever is willing to sell everything in an attempt to reach the prime minister's seat isn't worthy of that position," Livni said.

She added that despite being unable to form a coalition, she is proud of the fact that she didn't compromise her principles during negotiations with Shas.

"At the point that I was required to pay an impossible price, I said that it is not possible, knowing that Bibi would have given in," said the foreign minister, adding, "I have no doubt that Shas knows what it can get from me and what it can get from Bibi. If anyone in Israel wants the country to look like that, he should vote for Bibi."