Knesset member Avigdor Lieberman, chairman of the Yisrael Beiteinu Party, appeared to soften his hard-line position against serving in a Netanyahu government.
In a tweet, the former foreign, defense and finance minister said he would be willing to sit in a government headed by Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu on condition that Netanyahu jettisons the chareidi parties, Shas and United Torah Judaism.
“It’s true that I don’t believe a word Netanyahu says but there is no personal argument or personal disqualification here,” Lieberman tweeted.
“I have said countless times that the State of Israel currently needs a Zionist and liberal coalition, including the Likud movement and without the Orthodox and messianic parties,” he added.
“If Netanyahu is ready to part with his ‘natural’ partners, I will work with all my might for the establishment of a Zionist and liberal coalition with a clear agenda—the establishment of a constitution and the separation of religion and state.”
The chareidi parties have 18 seats (Shas-11, UTJ-7) in Netanyahu’s 64-seat Knesset coalition, while’s Lieberman’s party has six.
Lieberman—once a Likud official and then a dependable Netanyahu ally— has said that he wouldn’t serve with the prime minister “under any conditions or circumstances.” Last September, he called Netanyahu “the scum of the human race who has no red lines.”
Lirberman also has been a harsh critic of chareidim, focusing his recent political campaigns against the sector. The virulent tone of his attacks has led to charges of antisemitism by his political foes.
Liberman argues that chareidim should be encouraged to join the workforce and not receive government subsidies to study Torah full-time. JNS
What a pathetic government. Why anyone in Israel would waste time, effort and money, even a shekel, to go vote, is beyond understanding.
Why would Netanyahu invite his arch enemy into his coalition?! The Russian drunk has been backstabbing Bibi for years. Lieberman was one of the worst defense ministers in Israel’s history.
That would be the ultimate impudence
Those allies rallied hard to put him in-just barely
Freedom is a yad. There will be rest on sabbath.
Lieberman chooses to go out of his mind.
Maybe drums can be added to drop his magnetic farming of the left. He is a war class looking to diminish the universe.
Forget all that. Bibi sucked up to Biden and congratulated him even before Traitor Pence certified the electors. Well, guess what ??? Biden to Bibi — Ya can’t come to visit-
Lololol