Execupundit.com (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
Golda Meir once remarked of the Palestinians that when it comes to peace, they never lose an opportunity to lose an opportunity. A variation of that observation can be made with regard to partisanship in this recent financial crisis. Many of the same individuals who were instrumental in getting us into this mess are now, due to their positions, charged with getting us out of it. One would hope that...
Jezebel (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
Though Israel has been celebrated for political egalitarianism (i.e. the prime ministership of Golda Meir in the 70s), potential PM Tzipi Livni is facing some sexist barriers in her attempt to get... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Asia Times (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
As Israeli premier-in-waiting Tzipi Livni battles to form a government, Syria is preparing for the possibility she will call off the indirect talks with Damascus. The Syrians remember Golda Meir, Israel's first women prime minister, for her role in the October War of 1973. And when Syria is worried, it heads for countries such as Russia, and organizations like Hamas in Palestine. - Sami Moubayed (Sep...
Lynn Sweet (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
WASHINGTON--Can a few quick meetings with world leaders (Sarah Palin) make up for years of international dealings (Joe Biden)? Biden's depth is unchallenged. On Tuesday, Biden, speaking to the National Jewish Democratic Council noted that his first trip abroad...
Pajamas Media (Free subscription) | 22/09/2008
Does Israel's foreign minister have the political muscle to become the next Golda Meir?
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
TZIPI Livni, newly elected head of the ruling Kadima party, yesterday faced an immediate test of her mettle with a tough coalition battle that could cap her effort to becom
Daily News (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
Tzipi Livni does not look like a 70-year-old grandmother with a steel-grey bun, but Israel's newly annointed prime-minister-in-waiting surely would not mind the comparisons with the late, revered Golda Meir.
PoliGazette (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
For the second time in its history, and for the first time since legendary Golda Meir, Israel will have a woman as Prime Minister. Foreign Secretary of State Tzipi Livi won the elections of her and Ehud Olmert’s party Kadima’s leadership elections. Olmert resigned from his job after it became clear that he would be indited [...]
Flesh is Grass (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
Her 1.1% margin was far from the predicted landslide, but if the Rahat recount Mofaz is thinking about demanding goes her way she will have 42 days to form a ruling coalition. If she can do that she will be Israel’s first woman prime minister since Golda Meir. If she can do it without capitulating to [...]
Israelated (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
At CBC.ca, reporter Margaret Evans profiles newly elected Kadima Leader Tzipi Livini in “The woman who would be prime minister.” Evans writes: “Therei s more to the Livni phenomenon in Israel than the inevitable historical comparisons [to Golda Meir]. “Opinion polls continue to cast her as one of the most popular politicians in the country and the only one capable of challenging a comeback by former...
Jezebel (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
For the first time since Golda Meir stepped down in 1974, a woman could become Israeli Prime Minister, the BBC reports. Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, a former lawyer and spy for Mossad (the Israeli... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Middle East Analysis (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
Tzipy Livni may soon become Israel 's second female Prime Minister, following Golda Meir . She is determined to make peace if possible, but what is her plan B if peace is not possible. Who is the Prime Minister to be? See Tzipy Livni
CityNews: Top Stories (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
The foreign minister will be the first female PM Israel has had since Golda Meir 34 years ago.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
Tzipi Livni declared victory Thursday in a tight race to replace Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as the head of the governing party, getting a chance to be the country's first female leader in 34 years.
Daily Mail News (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
A former Mossad agent declared victory last night in an election which saw her become Israel's first woman prime minister since Golda Meir.
