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Avigdor Liberman, pictured at the Lebanese border village of Ghajar in 2009 (photo credit: Hamad Almakt / Flash 90)
January 3, 2013, 4:11 pm
Defense minister Liberman? The plot thickens
Though he said he intended to return to the foreign ministry after the elections, the Yisrael Beytenu head may have had his sights set on the defense job -- where a strong performance would cement his prime ministerial credentials. A sharpened indictment has put a halt to those ambitions... for now
By David Horovitz
January 2, 2013, 11:13 pm
The national unity government scenario
The Jewish Home party's dramatic ascent could prompt Netanyahu to link arms with the left
By Ed Rettig
President Shimon Peres speaks to ambassadors and heads of Israeli organizations around the world, at the president's residence in Jerusalem Sunday. (Photo credit: Mark Neyman/GPO/FLASH90)
December 30, 2012, 1:55 pm
Peres takes swipe at undiplomatic Liberman, urges talks with Abbas
President says binational state would endanger the 'Jewish, Zionist and democratic nature' of Israel
By Gabe Fisher
Yisrael Beytenu Chairman Avigdor Liberman (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
December 30, 2012, 9:36 am
Liberman indicted on sharpened charges of fraud and breach of trust
Revised indictment includes allegations of moral turpitude; former deputy Danny Ayalon named as key witness
By TOI staff
Feeling good about the elections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a drink with students in Beersheba (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
December 28, 2012, 12:53 pm
Guess who’s coming to testify
Danny Ayalon didn’t make Yisrael Beytenu’s Knesset list, but he’s on another slate: the State’s witness list
By Yossi Nachemi
Former foreign minister Avigdor Liberman and Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 27, 2012, 1:40 pm
State reveals amended Liberman indictment, names his former deputy as a witness
Yisrael Beytenu chair and ex-FM to be charged Sunday with breach of trust and fraud; new details involving Danny Ayalon could shore up case against him
By TOI staff
Former foreign minister Avigdor Liberman and Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
From the WebDecember 27, 2012, 3:41 am
Prosecution expected to file harsher Liberman indictment
The former foreign minister may face a tougher legal battle after new evidence emerges, Ynet reports
December 25, 2012, 11:42 pm
With fresh evidence in hand, police grill Liberman, again
Bribery suspicions could spell more serious indictment against former FM, who may be forced to face off with one-time deputy Ayalon in an interrogation room
By Greg Tepper, Ron Friedman and Asher Zeiger
(left to right) Opposition party leaders Zahava Gal-on (Meretz), Shaul Mofaz (Kadima), Shelly Yachimovich (Labor), Tzipi Livni (Hatnua) and Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) as depicted in a Likud-Beytenu YouTube clip entitled 'Theater of the Absurd' (photo credit: image capture from YouTube video)
December 25, 2012, 2:28 pm
Political theater at its finest
With elections approaching, politicians are machinating against one another for power positions
By Ilan Ben Zion
Former foreign minister Avigdor Liberman and Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 25, 2012, 7:52 am
Liberman’s former deputy denies testifying in breach of trust case
Police claim that ex-FM's sacked No.2, Danny Ayalon, provided new evidence regarding controversial envoy's appointment
By Ron Friedman and Asher Zeiger
Former foreign minister Avigdor Liberman and Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 24, 2012, 11:12 pm
Ousted deputy’s testimony may land Liberman in hot water
New evidence in 'ambassador affair' case comes from none other than former FM's sacked No.2, Danny Ayalon
By Ron Friedman
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Danny Ayalon at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem in October 2012. (photo credit: Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/Flash90)
December 20, 2012, 7:05 pm
Danny Ayalon to stay on as deputy FM, government announces
Responsibilities were to have ended with resignation of Avigdor Liberman on Tuesday
By Asher Zeiger
Danny Ayalon (left) with Turkey's ambassador to Israel, Ahmet Oguz Celikkol, during a meeting in 2010. (Abir Sultan/Flash90)
December 10, 2012, 8:35 am
Report: Deputy FM Ayalon sacked to clear way for renewed Israel-Turkey ties
Avigdor Liberman, interested in normalization, booted Danny Ayalon as nod to Ankara, Russian outlet says
By TOI staff
In better days: Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman and his deputy Danny Ayalon during a session in the Knesset, December 19, 2011. (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)
December 5, 2012, 5:49 pm
The curious case of the party leader who inexplicably sacked his deputy
What on earth prompted Avigdor Liberman, foreign minister and head of Yisrael Beytenu, to so brusquely eject Danny Ayalon, his No. 2 at the ministry, from his party's Knesset slate?
By Raphael Ahren
Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks during a Yisrael Beytenu party press conference in Jerusalem on December 4. (photo credit: Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/Flash90)
December 5, 2012, 4:24 pm
Weapons of mass distraction
Three leaders whom some regard as dictators are in the papers: Assad, Morsi, and Liberman
By Ilan Ben Zion
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