Tzipora Malka "Tzipi" Livni (Hebrew: ציפורה מלכה "ציפי" לבני, born 8 July 1958) is an Israeli politician and is the current leader of Kadima, the largest party in the Knesset. Raised an ardent nationalist, Livni has become one of her nation's leading voices for the two-state solution. In Israel she has earned a reputation as honest, clean, and sticking to her principles. She currently serves as the country's Opposition Leader.
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Tzipora Malka "Tzipi" Livni (Hebrew: ציפורה מלכה "ציפי" לבני, born 8 July 1958) is an Israeli politician and is the current leader of Kadima, the largest party in the Knesset. Raised an ardent nationalist, Livni has become one of her nation's leading voices for the two-state solution. In Israel she has earned a reputation as honest, clean, and sticking to her principles. She currently serves as the country's Opposition Leader.
Born in Tel Aviv, Livni is the daughter of Eitan Livni (born in Poland) and Sara Rosenberg, both prominent former Irgun members. Her father served as the chief operations officer of the Irgun. Tzipi Livni served as a lieutenant in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). According to an interview in Yediot Aharonot, described in The Sunday Times, she served in the elite Mossad unit responsible for Operation Wrath of God (also known as Bayonet) in the 1980s. She resigned from the IDF in August 1983 to marry and finish her law studies. A graduate of Bar-Ilan University...
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