Policies should not be crafted based on public perception or public misconceptions of economic policy, and equality is not in and of itself the primary goal of a more redistributive state.

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Those talks had ended weeks ago after Livni demanded that Netanyahu agree to share the premiership with her through a rotation agreement, give her full control over strategy for dealing with the Palestinians and adopt the establishment of a Palestinian state as the primary goal of his government.

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