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Avigdor Liberman

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a security consultation after the terror attack at Eli on June 20, 2023. (Haim Zach/GPO)
June 20, 2023, 8:40 pm
Netanyahu: ‘All options open’ in responding to deadly West Bank shooting attack
Ben Gvir and others in coalition clamor for wide military operation after Eli terror: ‘Time has come to return to targeted assassinations from the air, to bring down buildings’
By ToI Staff
Yisrael Beytenu party chairman Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset on June 12, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 17, 2023, 1:09 pm
Liberman: Judicial panel vote ‘one big show’ that Netanyahu staged with Lapid, Gantz
Yisrael Beytenu head again claims his fellow opposition chiefs have cut deal with PM and Aryeh Deri that would return the latter to cabinet after court ruled he can’t be a minister
By ToI Staff
Yisrael Beytenu party chairman Avigdor Liberman at a Knesset faction meeting on June 12, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 12, 2023, 6:00 pm
Liberman claims opposition will fold in judicial talks, predicts deal by Wednesday
Yisrael Beytenu party head, who has sat out overhaul negotiations, asserts fellow opposition parties will back some coalition demands in return for spot on panel that picks judges
By Carrie Keller-Lynn and ToI Staff
This combination of photos shows Shas MK Yinon Azoulay (L) and Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman. (Olivier Fitoussi and Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 1, 2023, 11:01 pm
After Shas MK mocks Liberman’s Moldovan origin, envoy protests ‘ignoramus’ remark
Ambassador responds with ‘extreme dismay’ to Yinon Azoulay’s mention of his country ‘in a negative connotation’ while feuding with Yisrael Beytenu leader
By Alexander Fulbright
Yisrael Beytenu party chairman MK Avigdor Liberman attends a discussion and a vote in the assembly hall of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on May 15, 2023. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
May 31, 2023, 9:39 pm
Yisrael Beytenu: Shas MK racist for calling Liberman ‘ignoramus from Moldova’
Party leader Liberman clashes with ultra-Orthodox Yinon Azoulay over education standards; MK Forer asks Knesset Speaker to remove Azoulay from chair of House Ethics Committee
By ToI Staff
(R) United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Gafni on January 18, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) and (L) Noa Kirel on September 7, 2022 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
May 22, 2023, 1:02 pm
Outrage after top Haredi MK says he would donate clothing to pop star Noa Kirel
Arguing more funding should go to ultra-Orthodox children’s education, Gafni implies secular schools teach about pop stars and makes comment about her outfits
By ToI Staff
Yisrael Beytenu leader MK Avigdor Liberman at the Knesset on May 18, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 21, 2023, 11:00 am
Liberman: PM ‘should suffer in hell’ for not making Haredi schools teach core studies
Yisrael Beytenu head says Netanyahu government’s subsidies will doom many to remain in poverty; predicts UTJ, Otzma Yehudit will get ‘backdoor’ funds
By ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers block a road near the border with Gaza, southern Israel, on May 10, 2023 (Photo by Flash90)
May 10, 2023, 1:03 pm
Daily Briefing May 10: Broad political support for Gaza operation as tension mounts
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian, political writer Tal Schneider and Knesset reporter Carrie Keller-Lynn discuss Shield and Arrow, likely response and politicians’ reactions
By ToI Staff
Yisrael Beytenu party chairman MK Avigdor Liberman during a debate in the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 1, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 8, 2023, 1:03 pm
‘Legitimizing the illegitimate’: Liberman urges Gantz, Lapid to end overhaul talks
Former finance minister says negotiations serve Netanyahu’s efforts to pass budget, dent international opposition to his efforts to neuter the judiciary
By ToI Staff
The Orot Rabin Israel Electric Corporation coal-powered power plant, on the Mediterranean coast in the city of Hadera, May 10 2009. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
May 6, 2023, 11:49 pm
Government said set to discuss controversial ‘kosher electricity’ plans Sunday
Bill aims to build energy storage units to be used by Haredi community during the Sabbath, instead of polluting, unsafe generators
By ToI Staff
A worker in an Angel Bakeries Factory in Jerusalem on August 16, 2010 (Abir Sultan/Flash 90)
May 5, 2023, 1:15 pm
Haredi calls for boycott of bread giant after board chair protests leading rabbi
Ultra-Orthodox politician questions Angel Bakeries’ kashrut after ex-minister Barlev attends draft exemption rally; opposition MKs encourage people to buy from brand in response
By Michael Horovitz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a debate in the Knesset on May 1, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 1, 2023, 11:28 pm
Knesset summer session opens with slugging match over judicial overhaul
Netanyahu to opposition: ‘All you say at the talks is – no, no, no’; Lapid: If the PM cares about unity, he should bury the controversial legislation
By ToI Staff
Leader of the National Unity Party MK Benny Gantz speaks during a faction meeting of the National Unity Party at the Knesset, on May 1, 2023. (Yonatan SIndel/Flash90 )
May 1, 2023, 5:42 pm
Gantz: No progress in talks with government on judicial reform compromise
At weekly faction meetings, opposition leaders urge Haredi community to embrace national service or risk deepening an ‘open wound’ in society
By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon
Milk for sale at a Rami Levy supermarket in Jerusalem on July 17, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 27, 2023, 12:53 pm
Finance minister blames previous government for looming dairy price hike
Smotrich vows to block 16% jump in cost of basic milk and cheese products, slams deal between manufacturers and predecessor Liberman, who tells him to resign
By ToI Staff
Health and Interior Minister Moshe Arbel (left) smiles as Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef tells him he should transfer funds to municipalities on the condition they build synagogues and yeshivas, April 22, 2023. (Twitter video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 23, 2023, 1:28 pm
Chief rabbi to Shas minister: Give funds to towns only if they build synagogues
Sephardic religious leader Yosef admits this would be illegal, advises new Health and Interior Minister Moshe Arbel to ‘do it in a smart way’; Liberman calls for rabbi to be sacked
By Michael Horovitz
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