Gilad Erdan, Israel's Minister of Environmental Protection blasted Knesset Member Tzipi Livni, head of the Kadima party for meeting with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in Jordan. Erdan called it childish. Erdan said that Livni met with Abbas only to prove that she could, but that she wouldn't be good at running the country. Livni ran unsuccessfully for Prime Minister in the past.
Erdan also said that the Palestinian Authority was waiting until Livni and the Kadima party to be elected because it would be more convenient for them in negotiations with Israel.