Coalition deal: Liberman won’t target pro-Netanyahu newspaper

25 May 2016, 2:48 pm

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The coalition deal signed by Liberman includes a clause in which he undertakes not to advance any initiatives in the communications arena that are opposed by the communications minister, a post currently held by Netanyahu.

This clause effectively bans the advancement of any legislation targeting the notoriously pro-Netanyahu newspaper Israel Hayom, Army Radio says. Liberman was previously one of the lawmakers behind legislation that would have forced the free tabloid to begin charging a price.

Liberman also drops his demand for the death penalty for terrorists as part of the agreement, and instead receives a change in military law that will allow military judges to hand down a death penalty by majority vote rather than unanimously.