Israel’s foreign minister said the addition of a right-wing party to the government wouldn’t derail efforts to achieve peace with the Palestinians. Tzipi Livni said Wednesday that Yisrael Beiteinu had been brought into the coalition to bolster the government and its policies, and noted that the party’s leader, Avigdor Lieberman, was not expected to demand major changes in diplomacy.
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