A Few Minutes with Tzipi Livni

REPEAT PERFORMANCE Tzipi Livni thinks we will see these two men shaking hands again. In an exclusive discussion Mishpacha learns why

T zipi Livni has been a mainstay of Israeli politics for the last 16 years. Once at the top of the now-defunct Kadima party and a former member of Likud Livni is now chairman of the Tenuah Party and a member of the Zionist Union the main opposition party to Binyamin Netanyahu’s Likud. Livni who was in Washington this week to participate in the annual American Jewish Committee Global Forum spoke to Mishpacha about the Trump administration and Israel and the chance for peace with the Palestinians

President Trump is showing he wants to actively engage in the peace process. Do you think he will succeed?

I hope so. Trump made it clear that he wants to reach a “deal.” When he says “deal” he means a permanent status agreement. All the conditions are there today to make it happen. The Arab region wants to normalize relations with Israel firstly because of Iran and because of other issues in the region. The Palestinians have lowered their demands and there is an American president to whom no one wants to say no. But the coalition in Israel has components with opposing views and therefore the decision is at the doorstep of the prime minister.