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  Livni effort to form Israel government fading
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News DateSaturday, February 14, 2009 01:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionDespite her centrist party winning the elections, Tzipi Livni has failed to attract other parties into a bloc against her conservative rival, Benjamin Netanyahu, who appears to have the upper hand.

By Richard Boudreaux
February 13, 2009

Reporting from Jerusalem -- Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's long-shot effort to form a majority bloc in parliament and become Israel's next prime minister appeared to be fading Thursday, despite final returns upholding her centrist party's narrow first-place finish in national elections.

After a second day of postelection lobbying, Livni had failed to win the support of any other party to thwart a rival leadership bid by conservative opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu.

Vote totals released by the Central Elections Committee confirmed a sharp rightward shift, giving Netanyahu and his Likud party the upper hand in competing efforts to amass a governing coalition.

Neither Livni nor Netanyahu can achieve that goal without the support of Avigdor Lieberman and the 15 votes of his ultranationalist party, Israel Is Our Home. Lieberman met Wednesday with both candidates, who each reportedly offered him a high Cabinet post.
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