Avigdor Liberman

Netanyahu in public statement calls on Liberman to join government coalition

The Knesset on Monday evening in a vote of 65-43 passed in a preliminary reading a bill to disperse the Knesset and go to new elections; the final readings will be on Wednesday night.

Early elections in Israel? Netanyahu says he’s ‘confident’ his coalition partners won’t topple the government

One of Netanyahu's crucial allies is after the defense minister position and has threatened leaving the coalition.

Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman resigns over Gaza cease-fire

The hawkish lawmaker called the truce "a capitulation to terror."

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Suspected Palestinian terrorist nabbed near Nablus

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Israel closes roads near Gaza border following defense minister’s veiled threat to Hamas

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Paul Manafort wanted ‘Obama jews’ to help his Ukraine lobbying campaign

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Israel’s defense minister says an Iranian military base in Syria won’t be allowed

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Israeli soldiers ‘did what was necessary’ on Gaza border, defense minister says

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Effigies of Israeli soldiers strung up in haredi Orthodox neighborhoods of Jerusalem

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Islamic Jihad terror cell planning to assassinate Avigdor Liberman arrested

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