Former foreign minister Avigdor Liberman presents a list of ten demands as conditions for him to join the government.
Liberman opted out of bringing his Yisrael Beyteinu party into the coalition after the 2015 elections.
Yisrael Beytenu head Avigdor Lieberman leads a party meeting in the Knesset on February 8, 2016. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
Speaking at a weekly faction meeting at the Knesset Liberman presented the following conditions:
1. Annihilation of Hamas rule in Gaza and a renewal of the policy of targeted assassinations.
2. Government support for the death penalty for terrorists.
3. Banning parties and MKS who support terror.
4. Approval of 2,000 new homes in West Bank settlements.
5. Re-legislating the equal service bill.
6. Government support for the conversion bill, giving municipal rabbi’s authority.
7. Removal of boundaries for marriage registration.
8. Legislating a civil union bill.
9. Government support of pensions reform.
10. Building 3,000 hostels for elderly immigrants.
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