Haaretz Correspondents
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	Fast Forward Livni: Kadima Will Go Into Opposition“Today the foundation was laid for an extreme right-wing government led by [Likud Chairman Benjamin] Netanyahu. This is not our way, and there is nothing for us in such a government,” Kadima leader Tzipi Livni told party members on Thursday, after 65 MKs announced their decision to support Netanyahu for the post of prime minister-designate…. 
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	Fast Forward America, European Union Said To Prefer Kadima-Likud GovernmentWhile the make-up of the next government remains a question mark in Israel, it appears that the United States and the European Union have already weighed in with a clear preference for a unity government that includes Kadima and Likud. The U.S. official position is that it looks forward to “working with any government,” but… 
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	Fast Forward Israel’s Candidates Make Their Last-Minute AppealsFront-runners Tzipi Livni and Benjamin Netanyahu made last-minute appeals to Israel’s voters Tuesday, as polls opened in a general election that pollsters have said is too close to call. As Livni cast her ballot in Tel Aviv, the Kadima chairwoman vowed that victory was “within reach.” “I know that the ballot I cast here was… 
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	Fast Forward Shalit May Be Freed as Part of Cease-Fire DealThis weekend Israel’s “troika” — composed of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni — held an unusual meeting at the Defense Ministry to discuss the negotiations for a cease-fire deal in the Gaza Strip, along the lines proposed by Egypt. The meeting Saturday night also included Minister Rafi… 
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	Fast Forward Hamas Supports Egyptian Proposal for Gaza TruceHamas representatives held a press conference in Cairo Wednesday evening following talks with Egyptian officials, and announced that they have accepted in principle an Egyptian proposal for a cease-fire agreement to end the fighting between the Islamist group and Israel in the Gaza Strip, saying that they hoped that the Egyptian efforts will bring about… 
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	Fast Forward Israel and Egypt To Begin Negotiations on Gaza TruceIsrael and Egypt are expected to enter intensive negotiations in the coming days in an attempt to agree on a mechanism that will bring the fighting in the Gaza Strip to an end. As a preamble to these talks, Amos Gilad, the head of the Defense Ministry’s diplomatic-military bureau, will travel to Cairo Thursday for… 
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	Fast Forward In Ground Operation, Israel Expands and Deepens Its Control of GazaThree Israel Defense Forces soldiers from the Golani brigade were killed and about 20 others wounded, one critically, after an errant IDF tank shell hit a building in which they were operating. The incident is the most grave so far for IDF troops in 10 days of Operation Cast Lead. IDF battalion commander Colonel Avi… 
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	Fast Forward Israel Launches Gaza Ground OperationIsrael entered the second week of its offensive against rockets from Hamas-ruled Gaza on Saturday evening by launching a much-expected ground operation into the coastal strip. Shortly after the ground operation began, a heavy exchange of fire was reported between Israeli troops and Hamas militants inside the Gaza Strip. “The objective is to destroy the… 
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