‘The whole government should put down their keys and go to elections’ — Yisrael Beytenu chair Liberman

By Sam Sokol 20 May 2024, 4:43 pm

2 Edit

Sam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"

Israel Beytenu party chairman Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 20, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Yisrael Beytenu chair Avigdor Liberman slams the government’s handling of the ongoing war in Gaza and along the northern border.

Speaking at his first weekly faction meeting of the new legislative session, the hawkish opposition politician declares that Israel must prevent a protracted “war of attrition.”

“We must prevent this, even at the cost of a dramatic escalation,” he declares.

Asked if he believes that Defense Minister Yoav Gallant should resign, he replies that “the whole government should put down their keys and go to elections.”