January 19, 2013 - 14:42 AMT
Public not PM to determine next Israel’s govt. – former FM

The public will determine who will be in the next government, not Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Saturday, Jan 19, in a final push before Israel goes to the polls on Tuesday.

According to The Jerusalem Post, Livni said that if the public gives her the mandate, she could "force" a peace process on Netanyahu.

"I'll have the ability to force him to do something he really doesn't want to do - reach a political arrangement with the Palestinians," Livni said.