Former Minister Tzipi Livni announced tonight (Monday) that she will not run in the 24th Knesset elections. In a video she posted on social media, Livni thanked her supporters who begged her to run.
Your exciting references on social media and in general came from your heart and touched my heart.
I know that Israel is important to you and that you truly believe that I have the power to save it in the next election. Unfortunately the power to save is not in my hands so you will not see me in the lists that will be submitted to the Knesset this week but it is in the hands of all of us together https://t.co/aSQXUXrC36 pic.twitter.com/56aixjOmax
– Tzipi Livni Tzipi Livni (@Tzipi_Livni) February 1, 2021
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“Your moving references on social media and in general came from your heart and touched my heart. I know that Israel is important to you and that you truly believe that I have the power to save it in the next election. Unfortunately the power to save is not in my hands, so you will not see me in lists “, Said Livni.
“I believe that in order to win the election, our camp needs to put together a large ruling party made up of connections, which gives a fight to Netanyahu,” the former minister said, adding: “We have done it before – I founded the Zionist camp, I called for a bloc, “Politically, but there were two parties here that competed for power and not just the question of who will be the second largest party.”
She said, “Our responsibility requires us not only not to split up, but also not to throw votes in the bin – so two years ago I left politics. The same considerations that guided me then guided me today. So I did not return with my own party, which was only splitting votes, Mandates from a small party to a medium-sized party in the same bloc. “
“I have been sitting since the election was announced and heard what was happening – and I realized, unfortunately, on the eve of the closing of the lists, that the establishment of such a large party would not take place,” Livni said. “It’s unfortunate. If she had gotten up then I would have been a part of her already. And to all those who tell me to come back, I want to say that not everything that was advertised as an opportunity was really on the table.”
Finally, she said, “Do not say now that there is no one to vote for – let’s all of us. Mandates are people who come to vote, and we are the ones who will influence the election results. There are people who represent our vision and way. They are worthy, and we should come and vote for them. “.