"A thrilling close victory", states Cipmo, the Italian Centre for Peace in the Middle East, about the victory of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tzipi Livni, at the head of Kadima, the first party of Israel’s governing coalition, who is therefore going to replace Ehud Olmert at the head of the government. "The final results of the internal consultation states the Cipmo website showed Livni had a closer margin that the expected one or the one shown by the surveys: the party spokesperson, Shmuel Dahan, announced that Livni got 43.1% of the votes, which is over the 40% threshold required to avoid a second ballot, which had already been planned for 24th September. But the same threshold has also been surpassed by her most accredited opponent, Shaul Mofaz, a retired general and the current Minister of Transport, who got 42% of the votes". The one of the 50-year-old former Mossad, "for many of her fellow countrymen and not only, a sort of reincarnation of the legendary Golda Meir", has been therefore "a thrilling close victory". From today, Livni, lawyer and former Mossad agent, "will start on the way up to become the second woman prime minister of Israel, after Golda Meir (1969-1974)". ” ” ” ” ” ” ” “
