Netanyahu scolds Livni over meeting with Abbas

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Netanyahu scolds Livni over meeting with Abbas
By GIL HOFFMAN AND DANIEL CLINTON
12/01/2011 13:15
"If the Palestinians want to negotiate, the only way to do so is with the elected government of Israel," PM tells opposition leader.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu scolded Opposition leader Tzipi Livni on Thursday, protesting her meeting the day before with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Netanyahu called Livni, telling her that "if the Palestinians want to negotiate, the only way to do so is with the elected government of Israel," the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement. Kadima subsequently released a statement on the telephone call, reporting that Livni had told Netanyahu that "Israel's security and its ability to defend itself obligates you to immediately enter into serious negotiations supported by the world instead of causing Israel's isolation." Livni added: "I will not negotiate in the government's place, but I will attempt to extricate Israel from its international isolation and I will work to increase its legitimacy to act militarily against terror and to strengthen the moderate camp in the Middle East - the camp that is dissipating during this government's tenure."

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