Liberman confirms Likud offer to join coalition: ‘I told them they were confused’

18 January 2024, 10:55 am

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Yisrael Beytenu party chief Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset on January 15, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Yisrael Beytenu chief Avigdor Liberman confirms that he was asked by Likud to join the government but rejected the offer.

Speaking to Ynet, Liberman says “there was an offer from [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu, they wanted me to commit to not leaving during the war period. I told them that they were confused.”

Liberman also criticized National Unity ministers Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot, who joined the coalition with the onset of the war: “It’s unfortunate that Gantz and Eisenkot are giving legitimacy to the desire by Netanyahu to continue the war until the next election.”

Last night Likud denied reports that it had extended offers to Liberman and Yesh Atid head Yair Lapid to join the government.