Livni: Hamas Must Be Toppled
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The race to become Israel’s next prime minister is in full swing, and Kadima leader Tzipi Livni seems to be trying to gain some ground on Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu’s national security credentials by vowing to stamp out the breakaway Hamas leadership in Gaza:
- “‘The Hamas government in Gaza must be toppled, the means to do this must
be military, economic and diplomatic,’ she said. ‘Whenever they shoot at Israel, Israel must respond.’
Benjamin Netanyahu, Likud party leader and Livni’s main rival, made similiar statements.
‘In the long-term, we will have to topple the Hamas regime,’ he said.
‘In the short-term … there are a wide range of possibilities, from doing nothing to doing everything, meaning to conquer Gaza.’
Netanyahu was speaking as he visited a house in Sderot in southern Israel which was hit by a rocket on Sunday.”
admin @ December 23, 2008