Humanitarian solution. Rice and Livni
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Rice to Peretz: No pressure
US Secretary of State returns to Israel, meets with foreign minister, defense minister; fails to pressure Israel to end fighting. Defense Ministry officials estimate war expected to end within 10 days
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Sunday morning with Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, and later with Defense Minister Amir Peretz. The officials discussed the humanitarian issue and the future multinational force.
Defense Ministry officials estimated that the war is expected to end within a week to 10 days.
A large part of Rice and Livni's meeting was dedicated to the humanitarian issue. Rice presented Minister Livni with a series of humanitarian issues, such as expanding the humanitarian "corridor." Livni briefed Rice on the fact that no Foreign Ministry worker was appointed as contact person on the issue.
