Now who's hurting the US-Israel alliance?

President-elect Barack Hussein Obama's first run-in with an Israeli politician may not be with Binyamin Netanyahu as Israel's left predicted. Instead it may be with 'Tzipora' Livni. Livni doesn't want Obama to talk to Iran 'just yet.' US President-elect Barack Obama should not talk to Iran just yet, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said on Thursday, warning that such dialogue could project "weakness.