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Jewish Home Party leader Naftali Bennett (center) speaks with Ma’ale Adumim Mayor Benny Kasriel (right) before the start of a special Jewish Home faction meeting on Jan. 2, 2018. Bennett has advocated for a Knesset bill to be introduced after president-elect Donald Trump takes office on Jan. 20 calling, for Israel’s annexation of Ma’ale Adumim. Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Netanyahu may appoint Bennett as defense minister to avoid early elections

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Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s decision to resign on Wednesday has rattled the political system, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looking at ways to preserve the coalition’s stability. Lieberman ‎announced ‎Wednesday that he was resigning his position as...
A man stands inside a house that was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon on Nov. 13, 2018. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.

Is the situation with Gaza ‘the problem from hell?’

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Avigdor Lieberman announced that he was stepping down as defense minister on Wednesday in protest of what he called the government’s “capitulation to terror.” His decision came after the security cabinet decided to pursue...
Israeli Minister of Defense Avigdor Lieberman announces his resignation at a press conference in the Israeli parliament on Nov. 14, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman resigns over opposition to Gaza ceasefire

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Israel’s Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman abruptly resigned his post and removed his Yisrael Beytenu Party from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition less than a day after Israel reportedly agreed to a ceasefire...
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman is seen surrounded by security as he visits the Tomb of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs in the city of Hebron on Jan. 14, 2013. Photo by Flash90.

Israel approves building 31 new homes in Hebron

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Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Sunday approved a plan to build a new housing complex for the Jewish community of Hebron, the first major building project in the city in two decades. “A new Jewish...

Israeli border crossing with Syria to reopen for UN staff

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Israel Defense ‎Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Thursday during a ‎visit to the Israel-Syria border that his only interest is “keeping Israel safe.” ‎ Speaking with reporters near the Quneitra border ‎crossing, he said: “I...
Israel Military Industries’ surface-to-surface Romach (“spear” in Hebrew) rocket. Credit: IMI.

IDF ground forces to acquire more precise rocket firepower

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A recent deal for the purchase of hundreds of millions of shekels worth of guided rockets for the Israel Defense Forces is a forward-looking step that takes into account future battlefield needs, a military...
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman at the Munich Security Conference in 2017. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Israeli defense minister: Any truce with Hamas must include return of Jewish ‎captives

Any ceasefire deal with Hamas must include the ‎return of the two Israeli captives and the bodies of ‎two Israeli soldiers held by the terrorist group ‎ruling the Gaza Strip, Defense Minister Avigdor ‎Lieberman...
Palestinian Authority and Fatah honor terrorists with huge billboard, including one serving 10 life sentences for recruiting a suicide-bomber who murdered eight people. (Official P.A. TV News, April 24, 2018: PMW)

Israel assigns task force to enforce new law aiming to slash PA terror payments

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A new task force to track the payments the Palestinian Authority makes to convicted terrorists and their families was established by Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Tuesday, just one day after the Knesset passed...
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman . Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Defense minister: Iran’s nuclear defiance is a sign of ‎panic ‎

The decision by the United States to exit the 2015 nuclear ‎deal with Iran and the subsequent decision by ‎several large conglomerates to nix contracts with ‎the Islamic republic has the ayatollahs’ ‎regime in...

Defense Minister Lieberman offers strong words but little action on Palestinian salaries to terrorists

One of the pressing legislative issues that the Knesset will address in its summer session, that opened on April 30, is penalizing the Palestinian Authority (PA) for its nefarious practice of paying salaries to terrorists and...