Sunday, February 22, 2009

Livni: Kadima won't compromise on peace path just to join coalition

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Sunday after talks with rival Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu that her Kadima party was unwilling to compromise on its path for peace just to join the government coalition.

"The choice is between the advancement and actualization of a vision for two states for two peoples or losing our path in this realm," she told Kadima members following her meeting with Netanyahu, who was chosen Friday to forge a coalition government.

"If we [Kadima] compromise in order to be partners in a government which has a path that is not our path, it will be betraying the confidence of voters," she said