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Avigdor Liberman trial

Avigdor Lieberman leads a faction meeting of his Yisrael Beytenu party in the Knesset, July 14, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 16, 2025, 3:50 pm
Liberman wins defamation case against activist who claimed he sought to kill cop
Petah Tikva Magistrate’s Court orders former Yisrael Beytenu activist to pay NIS 200,000 over claim party chairman had offered him $100,000 to kill a police superintendent
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a visit to the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem on March 14, 2016 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 29, 2016, 3:20 am
‘Vindictive’ Israel too quick to put its politicians under investigation?
Israel is not corrupt by world standards, says poli-sci Prof. Yossi Shain. And while leaders who cross lines should certainly be punished, he argues, the country has become unduly hasty to incriminate
By Andrew Tobin
Avigdor Liberman takes his oath of office in front at the Knesset on November 11, 2013. The 120-member House confirmed by a vote of 62 to 17 his reappointment as foreign minister (Photo credit: Flash90)
November 11, 2013, 8:40 pm
Knesset approves Liberman as foreign minister, again
After being cleared of charges last week and gaining cabinet approval on Sunday, former FM sworn in as Israel’s top diplomat
By ToI Staff
Avigdor Liberman waiting for a guest outside the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, November 20, 2012. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 10, 2013, 2:32 pm
Cabinet approves Liberman’s return to Foreign Ministry
After being cleared of fraud and breach of trust charges last week, former FM set to retake post as Israel’s top diplomat
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Avigdor Liberman at a Knesset meeting on November 4. (photo credit: Flash90)
November 6, 2013, 1:51 pm
Back to the Foreign Ministry?
Guilty or not guilty — Israeli papers wonder about a post-Liberman verdict landscape
By Yossi Nachemi
Former foreign minister and head of the Yisrael Beytenu party Avigdor Liberman, July 30, 2013. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 22, 2013, 4:47 pm
Verdict in Liberman trial set for early November
Former foreign minister could return to cabinet post if he is acquitted on fraud and breach-of-trust charges
By Stuart Winer and Haviv Rettig Gur
Former foreign minister Avigdor Liberman enters the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court ahead of giving testimony in his corruption trial on Wednesday, May 29 (photo credit: Matti Friedman/Times of Israel)
July 9, 2013, 4:34 pm
Prosecution begins final arguments in Liberman trial
Former FM ‘breached the trust of the voting public,’ charges prosecutor, urges judges to leave aside former deputy’s ambiguous testimony
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Danny Ayalon (right) and Avigdor Liberman in court in 2013. The two men, once close allies, did not speak (Yossi Zamir/POOL/Flash90)
May 2, 2013, 6:03 pm
Liberman-Ayalon court clash shows no love lost between former allies
In a scene with Shakespearean qualities, Danny Ayalon and his former patron at the Foreign Ministry, Avigdor Liberman, face off with Liberman’s political life in the balance
By Matti Friedman
Cranes at Haifa's port (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)
April 25, 2013, 3:24 pm
Strikes brewing
Financial reforms could bring nationwide work stoppage; reactions to statement asserting use of chemical weapons in Syria
By Aaron Kalman
Former Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman makes his way to Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on April 25 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 25, 2013, 10:40 am
Evidence phase begins in Liberman trial
Prosecution seeks to declare Ze’ev Ben Aryeh a hostile witness; former ambassador’s tip-off to his boss led to indictment
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (photo credit: Alex Kolomoisky/Flash90)
March 18, 2013, 6:39 am
Benjamin Netanyahu, large and in charge
Pundits suggest PM is weaker and more hawkish than in the past, but a closer look shows an unassailable leader who preserved some space for political maneuvering
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Avigdor Liberman, February 2013 (photo credit: Flash90)
February 21, 2013, 1:26 pm
Liberman puzzled by Jewish Home-Yesh Atid pact
Former foreign minister calls alliance between the ascendant parties a ‘government within a government’
By Stuart Winer
Former foreign minister Avigdor Liberman makes his way to Jerusalem Magistrate's Court Sunday February 17, 2013, to begin his trial on charges of fraud and breach of trust. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
February 17, 2013, 3:11 pm
Liberman denies all charges in brief court session
Ex-foreign minister pleads not guilty to fraud and breach of trust; further hearings scheduled until May
By ToI Staff
Former foreign minister Avigdor Liberman (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
February 17, 2013, 6:56 am
Liberman set to stand trial Sunday, battle for his career
Former FM’s once-deputy Danny Ayalon is the state’s key witness in bid to win conviction on fraud and breach of trust charges
By ToI Staff
February 16, 2013, 2:43 pm
Ayalon says Liberman unfit to be foreign minister
Former deputy FM, left off of Yisrael Beytenu’s Knesset list, claims party head failed to gain confidence of global community
By Yoel Goldman
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