Tag: Avigdor Lieberman
With election season (again) descending upon Israel, can anyone break the political stalemate?
With Israel facing its second election in less than a year after failing to achieve a government in April, significant changes to the composition of its political parties were just waiting to be made.
On...
Poll: ‘Mega-right’ bloc would win 19 seats; Lieberman will decide
The second Knesset election of 2019 is getting off on the wrong foot for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the rest of the right-wing camp, who have a real chance of being voted out...
Two new Israeli contenders enter political fray before fall elections
Israel’s repeat election on Sept. 17 might not be a literal do-over of April 9, as two new parties may be entering the fray.
The first of these new parties belongs to former Israeli prime...
Likud MKs blast Lieberman, warn he will ‘pay the price’ for scuttling coalition talks
Likud Knesset members railed against Yisrael Beiteinu chairman Avigor Lieberman in Israeli media on Thursday morning, hours after his refusal to join Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition forced Israel into new elections next...
Negotiations over Israeli government go down to wire as fresh elections loom
Negotiations over forming Israel’s next governing coalition are appearing to go down to the wire as a Wednesday-night deadline and potential elections loom.
“Until midnight tomorrow, the mandate for forming the government is in the...
It’s time for Netanyahu’s coalition partners to start governing
On April 9, the Israeli electorate made a clear choice: to empower Benjamin Netanyahu to remain Israeli prime minister. Netanyahu received more Knesset mandates than ever before, five more than in the previous election,...
Report: Former Israeli defense minister reveals part of ‘deal of the century’
Former Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman shared with Palestinian officials key details of emerging U.S. peace plan and its vision for a two-state solution, the London-based Arabic daily Al-Hayat reported on Wednesday.
Lieberman (Yisrael Beytenu) served as...
Yisrael Beytenu submits bill to deduct ‘martyr payments’ from PA funds
Yisrael Beytenu leader, Avigdor Lieberman and four members of his party presented a bill to the Knesset on Tuesday seeking to deduct the amount of money the Palestinian Authority pays terrorists and their families...
Netanyahu engaged in last-ditch effort to save coalition, as early Israeli elections loom
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party are meeting with coalition partners in a last-ditch attempt to stabilize the government and avoid early elections. The coalition government currently contains a razor-thin majority...
Lieberman’s sudden resignation exposes deep rift over Gaza strategy
For several weeks, outgoing Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman had made his dissatisfaction with Israel’s approach to Hamas in Gaza public—very public.
Assuming the position of the internal dissenter, Lieberman made it clear that his call...