Tzipi Livni or Che Guevara?

Opposition leader Tzipi Livni “is trying to dress up as Che Guevara while throwing out populist slogans,” charged Likud Knesset Member Ze’ev Elkin.  

Livni has joined the anti-government protests and called on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Saturday night to cancel the Knesset’s scheduled summer vacation next week so it can deal with problems raised by demonstrators.

Livni, who has herself returned to speech-making as the protesters’ take aim at the government coalition led by the Likud party, made a statement challenging Prime Minister Netanyahu that “this is his test – to repair the situation or make more speeches.”

MK Elkin said that if Livni, head of the opposition Kadima party, “really wants to suggest solutions to the social problems in the country, she is invited to join [the government] whenever she wants. Many Kadima MKs have turned to us behind the scenes and have said they will not support her cheap populism as party leader. Enough hypocrisy.”

Livni served in former Olmert government as the head of various ministries and formerly worked for the Mossad before turning to politics. Elkin, said, ”It is a pity that after having been a senior government figure and being personally responsible for many of the social problems facing the government today, she dresses up as Che Guevara.”