Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Tuesday that she would not committed to the outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's assertion that Israel needs to return to its pre-1967 borders.
"I, as Kadima Chairwoman, am not committed to the outgoing prime minister's comments, but to Kadima's platform, and this is what determines exactly how we will hold negotiations," Livni was quoted by Israel Army Radio.
Olmert, who presented in a memorial ceremony for former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on Monday, claimed that "Israel must concede parts of the homeland we have prayed for and dreamed of for generations, as well as Arab neighborhoods in Jerusalem, and return to the State of Israel in 1967 with amendments."
In response, Livni said Israel "can't just throw the key to the other side and hope for the best, especially not in Judea and Samaria."
However, the Kadima chairwoman affirmed the importance of continuing peace talks with the Palestinian National Authority, and of reaching a final agreement based on territorial compromise.
"We want to maintain a safe state in Israel and this cannot be done on all of it. We need to finish the conflict with the Palestinians and look out for the security of our citizens," she told Army Radio.
Livni, who failed to form a coalition after Kadima's primary, is scheduled to seek the party's victory in the upcoming general elections in February.
Source: Xinhua
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