At the meeting in support of building in Ma’ale Adumim, Yisrael Beytenu head Avigdor Liberman says he’ll join the government if it okays building 2,000 more homes in the settlement.
Liberman, whose faction would bolster the coalition by six seats, says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was elected partially on a promise to double the number of settlers in Ma’ale Adumim, which he hasn’t done.
Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid (right) and Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman in the Knesset on February 29, 2016. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
“I’ve said in the past I would join if they built 1,000 units. It’s been a year so the price has gone up — if he builds 2,000 units we’ll join the government,” he says. “But he hasn’t built 2,000, hasn’t built 1,000, or even 500. He’s great on talking, great on TV, but he’s a nothing in taking action.”
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