Comments on: Tzipi Livni – man of the moment?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:18:47 +0000

Thanks Julian. The constituency for the ad makes a big difference in its interpretation, and that context was not provided in the story.

Also, thanks for the tip on google. I hadn’t thought of that.

By: Julian Rake

Julian Rake — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:46:47 +0000

Andrew – There is a large Francophone community in Israel and French can often be overheard on the streets of Jerusalem and other big cities. Many Tunisian, Moroccan and Algerian Jews are French-speakers and there has been an increasing number of immigrants from France moving to Israel in recent years. If you do a Google search ‘francophones in Israel’ all will be revealed. Thanks

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:20:40 +0000

Why is there a French-language political advertisement in Jerusalem? Is there some Francophone constituency there I am unaware of?

By: eddie

eddie — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:20:42 +0000

The real issue is not so much of whether Livni is a man or woman, that is superfluous. It is her policies, experience, and strength of character. Ability to negotiate with foes, and make tough decisions for war and peace.

In many ways, she is more qualified that Ehud olmert, who had little security experience, and jumped form Mayor of Jerusalem to PM. And decision making skills are also important.

Israeli populus veer from peace to security. They try peace, see it fails, then are cocnerened with their lack of security. Noone has yet reached a formula to acheive both.