Jewish Home criticises Livni over Abbas meeting

Sources in the right-wing Jewish Home party called on Justice Minister Tzipi Livni to quit Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government on Saturday night, saying that her meeting Thursday in London with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was in breach of official policy, Radio Israel reported. Livni, the sources said, “voted in the cabinet in favor of freezing the peace process due to the Fatah-Hamas pact, and then flew to London to contravene that selfsame decision. If she finds it difficult to fulfill the cabinet’s decisions, the exit door is open.” Thursday’s meeting was the first between the PA president and a senior Israeli official since peace talks collapsed last month. The encounter came on the heels of separate meetings, in London, between the two and US Secretary of State John Kerry. Livni’s office stated later Friday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu knew in advance of the meeting. But Netanyahu office sources said Livni only represented herself in the meeting. Source: MENA