17 September 2008 - 19H12
Israel after Ehud Olmert (Part 2)
Members of Israel's ruling Kadima party vote on a new leader, one the party hopes will shore up public support it lost under the controversial leadership of Ehud Olmert. (Part 2 of 2)
Tonight: Redefining Kadima. Members of Israel's main centrist governing party vote today on a new leader, one the party hopes will shore up public support it lost under the controversial leadership of Ehud Olmert.
Though there are four candidates in the race, most attention is being focused on two: Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, whom many have tipped to win and Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz.
If Kadima is unable to regain the ground it has lost via an envigorated new leadership, the party may find itself yielding power to its former base - the right-wing Likud party, now led by former Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu. So, while Kadima determines its future, we'll be debating what the party's election could mean to Kadima, to Israel and to the wider Middle East.
Andrea's Sanke guests are:
Gil Mihaely, a columnist from the Hebrew daily Yediot Ahronot and founder of causeur.fr.
Gérard Eizenberg, Head of Information at Peace Now France.
Meyrav Wurmser, Director of the Center for Middle East Policy at the Hudson Institute.
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