Late last year, Livni failed to piece together a cabinet to replace the caretaker one led by Olmert, bringing forth the general election a year ahead of its original schedule.

去年后半年，利夫尼没有能将内阁团结起来以代替奥尔默特领导的临时内阁，迫使大选不得不在其原始期限上提前一年举行。