Tag: Avigdor Lieberman
Last-ditch Netanyahu-Lieberman meeting ends with no breakthrough
A last-ditch effort by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman on Thursday morning to form a broad unity government ended in failure. According to a Likud statement, “the meeting...
Lapid said to refuse to serve under Netanyahu, unity government or no
Blue and White Party No. 2 Yair Lapid will not join a government headed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, even if Netanyahu’s Likud Party and Blue and White form a unity government, party...
With Netanyahu and Gantz in political deadlock, Lieberman says only ‘one option’ remains
Following his completion of meeting with party representatives, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin hosted Israeli Prime Minister and Likud Party head Benjamin Netanyahu, and Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz, in an attempt to...
Lieberman urges unity government after his party receives boost in exit polls
Yisrael Beiteinu Party leader Avigdor Lieberman called for a unity government with Likud, Blue and White and his party after receiving a boost in seats in the exit polls after the second round of...
Ultra-Orthodox rally in Jerusalem ahead of elections draws tens of thousands
An estimated 50,000 ultra-Orthodox Israelis converged on Jerusalem’s Bar-Ilan intersection on Sunday for a United Torah Judaism Party election rally.
Top religious leaders urged them to get out and vote, while UTJ leader Deputy Health...
Netanyahu: ‘Whoever doesn’t want me as prime minister should vote’ for Lieberman
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu felt at ease Wednesday on the way to yet another election rally. In the run-up to Tuesday’s election, he has been making an effort to attend at least one...
Israeli right and left remain at impasse as Sept. 17 elections approach
With less than a month to go before Israel’s unprecedented second election this year, it’s becoming clear yet again that neither the right nor left will be able to cobble together enough mandates on...
Yisrael Beiteinu, Blue and White parties sign vote-sharing deal
The Blue and White and Yisrael Beiteinu parties signed a surplus vote-sharing agreement on Monday, drawing censure from across the political spectrum.
Vote-sharing agreements allow for parties to use the extra votes that are not...
Shameful comparisons in the name of politics
Is it too much to ask of Israeli politicians that they take a pause before providing priceless ammunition to the Jewish state’s worst enemies?
Clearly, the answer is “yes.”
In what can only be described as...
Likud members swear fealty to Bibi
Avigdor Lieberman has stated publicly that because of his endeavor to promote a national unity government (consisting – of course- of himself, Likud, and Blue and White), Likud may have to choose another leader. He mentioned Yuli Edelstein, the...