Avigdor Lieberman

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Pompeo repudiates US opposition to legality of Israeli West Bank settlements

Nov 18, 2019 @ 21:40Nov 24, 2019 @ 21:28 Diane Shalem 2651 Views Avigdor Lieberman, Benny Gantz, Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel political crisis, new US policy on settlements, Pompeo

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Monday, Nov. 18, that the US repudiates the 1978 State Department’s opinion that

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Netanyahu would accept role in opposition. A crack in Israel’s deadlock? Or drawn-out political instability?

Nov 10, 2019 @ 11:44Nov 15, 2019 @ 11:31 Diane Shalem 3573 Views attorney general, Avigdor Lieberman, Benny Gantz, Binyamin Netanyahu, Israeli politics

Likud’s offer to go into opposition defused the power-sharing – or else – ultimatum Yisrael Beitenu’s Avigdor Lieberman put before

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Netanyahu bucks his foes’ bid to rout him for failing to form a governing coalition

May 27, 2019 @ 21:22May 28, 2019 @ 22:14 Diane Shalem 2836 Views Avigdor Lieberman, Binyamin Netanyahu, Blue-White Party, elections, government negotiations

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, even after failing to form a government, may opt for a new election rather than let

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Lieberman returns to defense in next Netanyahu government. IDF will stop firing at Gaza rioters

May 23, 2019 @ 11:26May 23, 2019 @ 11:26 Diane Shalem 2804 Views Avigdor Lieberman, Gaza Strip, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Qatar funds

Avigdor Lieberman stands ready to regain the defense portfolio in the cabinet Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu hopes to put together

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Israeli parties scramble for last-minute mergers, vote-catchers

Feb 20, 2019 @ 11:06Feb 25, 2019 @ 13:54 Diane Shalem 1723 Views Avigdor Lieberman, Benny Gantz, Israeli elections, Likud, New Right, Yair Lapid

Last-minute mergers may winnow down the abundance of parties running for the next Knesset on April 9 up to the

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Lieberman steps down as defense minister, says govt kowtows to terrorists

Nov 14, 2018 @ 10:28Nov 19, 2018 @ 12:35 Diane Shalem 5064 Views Avigdor Lieberman, Binyamin Netanyahu, defense minister, Gaza missiles

Avigdor Lieberman resigned as Israel’s defense minister on Wednesday, Nov. 14 over two issues: Israel’s assent to the transfer of

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Ahead of Lieberman’s Moscow talks, Hizballah troops positioned at Israeli border disguised in Syrian uniforms

May 31, 2018 @ 13:00Jun 9, 2018 @ 12:22 Diane Shalem 9805 Views Avigdor Lieberman, Hermon, Hizballah, IDF, Iran, Khadar, Quneitra, Sergei Shoigu

Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s landing in Moscow on Thursday, May 31, was preceded by stealthy Iranian and Hizballah moves into

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Mattis: Iran-Israel clash is close, but US military focus shifts out of Syria to Iraq

Apr 27, 2018 @ 18:45 Diane Shalem 14431 Views Avigdor Lieberman, Iran's threat to Israel, James Mattis, US troop withdrawal from Syria

The US will relocate its military operations to Iraq and the Mediterranean, after drawing down its troops in Syria, Defense

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Iron Dome proves vulnerable to false alarm: A new factor in coming IDF-Hamas contest

Mar 26, 2018 @ 12:17Apr 2, 2018 @ 12:38 Diane Shalem 7455 Views Avigdor Lieberman, Gaza Strip, Hamas, IDF, Iron Dome

That Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system was deceived into firing interceptors against non-targets has given Hamas an unexpected leg

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An officer and a soldier killed in Palestinian car-ramming attack

Mar 16, 2018 @ 19:53Mar 27, 2018 @ 10:11 Diane Shalem 4821 Views Avigdor Lieberman, IDF, Palestinian terror, Samaria

A Palestinian terrorist crashed his car Friday, March 16, into a group of Israeli soldiers killing an officer and a

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