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The powerof persuasion, Mossad-style.(News)

Article from: Sunday Tribune (South Africa) Article date: September 28, 2008

When Tzipi Livni was 13 she played basketball in a competitive Tel Aviv league. She was not tall enough for attack nor solid enough for defence, but she kept her place in the team as she was the best playmaker.

It is an apt description for the role she has filled during a short but dynamic political career that this week saw her catapulted to one of the hottest seats in international politics - the premiership of Israel. She might not be showy, but she is quietly in control.

The Syrian state press has described her as a ...

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