Israel's Foreign Minister Tizipi Livini, 49, is on track to be the country's prime minster, according to polls that have her ahead by 20 points in the race to lead the Kadima party. Today, 70,000 party members will vote.
Current Prime Minster Ehud Olmert has promised to resign, after the election, thanks to accusations that he accepted American businessmen-bribes. When he does, the new Kadima leader (probably Livini) will then form a government and become Prime Minister. There are a few other options though for Israel's transfer of power. If the new party leader failed to form a coalition government, Olmert would stay as interim PM, and national elections would be held months later. If he ditched the position all together, Livini, already next in line as first deputy, would become premier regardless of whether she wins today.
So who is this would-be leader? To find out, read more.
During the 1980s she orchestrated missions to kill Palestinian terrorists in Europe, while she worked as an Israeli spy. She joined Israeli intelligence after time in the army, and a year of law school, which she went on to complete after her spy-time. Livini also has a husband and two kids.
Do you think she's the right woman at the right time for Israel and the rest of the world?
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i think that she could really implement a lot of change for the country so any thing's possible. i don't know as much about her as i should - although i know that there's been a lot of talk about this in my house since a lot of my family lives in Israel.
i think that if you're not as familiar with the way that Israeli's live their lives - going into the army and having spy training or other more extensive training, you would think that maybe she's taken extreme measures, but it's more common over there than you would know, and i think that her experiences could ultimately help the nation.
i just hope that israel is able to get themselves in a strong and safe position. they have so much opposition from all their neighbors that it's scary sometimes to think about what life is really like there.