Tzipi Livni Iran must be stopped from attaining nuclear weapons. Prior to Lebanon's 2009 general elections (and its inclusion of Hezbollah), Livni "acknowledged an important principle" from U.S. President Barack Obama's then-recent speech in Cairo that "Elections alone do not make true democracy." She explained her position in a "New York Times" op-ed by alluding to her experience as Israel's justice minister when Hamas participated in Palestinian elections in 2006: "At the time, the counterargument was that the very participation in elections would act as a moderating force on extremist groups. With more accountability, such groups would be tempted to abandon their
2013 Israeli legislative election Israeli media of Tzipi Livni's possible return to politics as the head of a new party of her own. Those reports eventually turned out to be true on 27 November, when the logo for her new party titled "Hatnuah - headed by Tzipi Livni" was initially published. At a press conference held during the same day, Livni officially announced the establishment of the Hatnuah party which would be headed by her and which would participate in the upcoming elections. "Hatnuah" (התנועה) means "The Movement" in Hebrew. Immediately after the establishment of Hatnuah party, seven Knesset members from the Kadima (Meir