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Liberman: Netanyahu’s ‘state of darkness’ is trying destroy Zionist liberal Israel

Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks during a faction meeting of his Yisrael Beytenu at the Knesset on November 15, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman warns that presumed incoming prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands at the head of a “state of darkness” that is trying to destroy “Zionist, liberal Israel.”
Speaking at his party’s faction meeting at the Knesset, Liberman decries the agenda of the far-right religious parties joining with Likud in the next coalition.
“In recent weeks we have seen some disturbing phenomena — starting with an attempt to establish two states for one people and ending with an attempt to enact the override law,” Liberman says.
“Netanyahu is at the head of the state of darkness that is trying to destroy Zionist, liberal Israel,” he says.