Avigdor Lieberman

CBC.caHow the deal was struck / Under cover of a Knesset sessionHaaretzAfter one hour of rumors, Likud, Kadima and Labor MKs were summoned to the caucus room at 2 AM Netanyahu, smiling arrogantly, passed by the large knot of journalists waiting to ambush him without giving a response. By Jonathan Lis and Ophir Bar-Zohar ...Netanyahu solidifies power with supermajorityGlobe and MailIsrael's unity deal fuels talk of moderate shiftLos Angeles TimesAbbas says he is ready to engage with Israeli...Read Full Story

For Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the last-minute deal concluded yesterday to put off elections and bring the Kadima Party into his coalition is another instance of his crafty strategy producing a heads, I win, tails, you lose moment in Israeli politics. Though the scenario in which he went to the polls in September to . . .Rightardia agrees. What in the world was the Kadima Party thinking of unless it knew it could not win the next election.art: DonkeyHotey   Some rights...Read Full Story

Shaul Mofaz, the new leader of KadimaThe new leader of the Kadima party is Shaull Mofaz. He defeated Tzipi Livni.Can he defeat Benjamin Netanyahu? More importantly, would he be an improvement over Bibi? The writer doesn't seem to think so noting that Mofaz was one of the crueler defense ministers.The defeat of Netanyahu could open up new peace talks and opportunities for peace.Or could it? See the complete editorial at: If Mofaz is Israel's hope for change, then hope is all but lost - Haaretz...Read Full Story

HaaretzMofaz's next mission: Winning over a skeptical publicHaaretzShaul Mofaz has been waiting for this moment for three and a half years; Netanyahu, meanwhile, was hoping for a Livni victory. By Yossi Verter Tags: Kadima Tzipi Livni Shaul Mofaz Starting today, Shaul Mofaz is the political alternative to Benjamin ...Shaul Mofaz wins leadership of Israel's Kadima partyBBC NewsMofaz ousts Livni as head of Israel's opposition KadimaThe Daily StarIsrael's Kadima Party Chooses Ex-Army Head Mofaz...Read Full Story

Kadima chooses between Tzipi Livni and Shaul Mofaz as leader on Tuesday, but polls show that whoever wins, the party is a loser. Turnout is expected to be small following a campaign that featured each candidate warning that choosing the other would doom the party. On paper, Kadima is Israel's largest party, having won one more Knesset Member than Likud in the last general elections. Since Livni’s failure to form a coalition government, the party has fallen into disfavor under her leadership...Read Full Story

This article titled “Israel’s former Soviet immigrants transform adopted country” was written by Harriet Sherwood in Jerusalem, for guardian.co.uk on Wednesday 17th August 2011 09.20 UTC At Bar Putin, in the heart of Jerusalem, you can down vodka shots in homage to the former Russian president. In Ashdod – also known as Little Moscow – you might pop into the Tiv Ta’am supermarket for pork and black bread. On Israeli TV there’s Channel 9 if you want to watch broadcasts in the mother tongue...Read Full Story

According to a recent poll, Likud voters overwhelmingly support the so-called 'Outpost Law' aimed  at normalizing the status of threatened communities in Judea and Samaria. The bill, authored by Minister Zevulun Orlev (Jewish Home), would forbid eviction and demolition orders for Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria that have stood for four years and have at least twenty families.  32% of the Likud base said, were Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman to champion the Outpost Law, they would...Read Full Story

HaaretzFeiglin concedes election, touts primacy of RightJerusalem PostBy JPOST.COM STAFF 02/01/2012 09:54 Likud activist Moshe Feiglin says his 24 percent showing in Likud primary indicates support for settlements. By Marc Israel Sellem Likud party primary candidate Moshe Feiglin conceded Wednesday morning that he had ...Israeli PM Wins Primary, Offers Settler GrantsABC NewsKadima: Likud decided to continue its extremist policiesYnetnewsNetanyahu scores Likud primary winCNNHaaretz -Reutersall...Read Full Story

Tweet Avigdor Lieberman and Azarov meet to finalize quid pro quo free trade agreement after Abusisi's kidnapping The Ukrainian government has tipped its hand regarding what may’ve bought its cooperation in the extraordinary rendition of Dirar Abusisi from its territory last month to a Shabak dungeon inside Israel.  During a meeting with Avigdor Lieberman, Nicolai Azarov, Ukraine’s prime minister said: The Prime Minister of Ukraine noted that he urged the Israel to speed up development of all...Read Full Story

by: Alan Hart Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman Question: Why is it that in this Christian season of “Peace on Earth and good will to all men (and women)” the name of Israel’s Soviet-born foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, described by some as Israel’s “Hitler in-the-making”, should enter my mind? Answer: Because I’ve been thinking about a most extraordinary statement (extraordinary even by his own standards) he made on a recent visit to Australia. His Australian counterpart...Read Full Story