Liberman faces grilling from lawmakers

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman is having his turn in the hot seat as part of ministers’ question time, and while the session lacks some of the excitement of last week’s special guest Netanyahu, it sees some drama as Yisrael Beytenu mutineer Orly Levy-Abekasis gets up to question her former boss.

Levy-Abekasis asks Liberman about injured veterans not receiving money and other benefits they are owed.

Liberman answers that he is for giving them everything and blames any holdup on bureaucracy, saying he relies on professionals for issues like this.

Earlier, Liberman admitted that overcrowding at crossing points between the West Bank and Israel was an issue from a “security and humanitarian standpoint.”

The minister, who years ago called for the bombing of Egypt’s Aswan Dam, also calls Cairo “our most important and most serious partner in the Middle East and among Arab states.”