Posted on 05/19/2016 6:45:38 AM PDT by dennisw
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looked set to form the “most right-wing” government in Israeli history on Thursday, with Avigdor Lieberman, a hardliner loathed by Palestinians, expected to join as defence minister.
Netanyahu’s allies were set for fresh negotiations with representatives of Lieberman’s far-right Yisrael Beitenu party to try to entice it to join the governing coalition and boost its currently wafer-thin majority in parliament.
Leaks to the Israeli media from both sides said a deal was close to being finalised.
Yisrael Beitenu holds six of the 120 seats in parliament and its entry into government would be a major boost for Netanyahu, who has not concealed his ambition to expand on the coalition’s current 61 seats.
The return to government of Lieberman, who served as foreign minister under Netanyahu from 2009 to 2012 and again from 2013 to 2015, could raise international concern about his government’s policies — especially on the conflict with the Palestinians.
As defence minister, Lieberman, who himself lives in a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, would oversee military operations in the Palestinian territories and have a major say in policy towards the settlements.
The international community considers the settlements illegal and regards their persistent expansion by successive Netanyahu governments as one of the biggest obstacles to peace.
Since its formation in May 2015, Lieberman had repeatedly branded the current five-party coalition as “defeatist” but on Wednesday he told a news conference that he would be open to joining it if key demands were met.
He said one of them was the death penalty for perpetrators of anti-Israeli attacks and hinted that Netanyahu’s government could accede to that demand.
Lieberman has long expressed mistrust in Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and called for his removal.
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It’s about freaking time!
Israel is surrounded by savages who want them dead.
Excellent choice then as defence minister!
A Halakhic Torah State is the only answer.
Maybe this will end Israel's government-funded abortions, universal healthcare, and the new cap on CEO pay.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks more like the strong man he is.
Just in time to lead them to victory in the upcoming wars with Syria, Hezebollah and Hamas - and later Turkey, Russia, Iran, Libya, and Sudan.
GOOD !!
“For such a time as this” is what Mordicai told beauty Queen Esther before she married a king..”.to save our people.”
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and pray that they will also destroy those who would destory them. Bibi you are a leader and we are led my a complete moron. GO TRUMP..
Imagine world stage with Bibi and President Trump...wow...gives me the shivers!
Freegards
LEX
Oh noes!!!! Israel is going to protect itself
“loathed by Palestinians”
which Jews do the approve of, other than dead ones?
Heh. I was about to post the same thing. If their current domestic policies are "right-wing", I'd hate to see what left-wing looks like over there. Netenyahu should be ashamed that taxpayer funded abortion-on-demand was expanded under his watch.
Time to move to Israel! No Bath House Barry or Manchelle!
Better domestic policies need to a priority for the Israeli right. Clearly they haven’t been up to this point.
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