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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 339

Avigdor Liberman

Justice Minister Yariv Levin (right) attends a swearing-in ceremony for newly appointed judges along with Supreme Court Acting President Uzi Vogelman, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on June 23, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 27, 2024, 2:12 pm
High Court tells Levin to quickly start process for appointing new court president
Top court says there is ‘no escape’ from filling the position after justice minister was given enough time to seek ‘broad consensus’ on the appointment, but failed
By Jeremy Sharon
Yisrael Beytenu chief and former defense minister Avigdor Liberman testifying before an independent civilian commission investigating the events leading up to October 7, August 18, 2024. (Civilian Commission of Inquiry)
August 18, 2024, 9:56 pm
Liberman tells unofficial Oct. 7 probe he warned of Hamas invasion threat in 2016
‘Impossible to defeat Hamas and Hezbollah without overwhelming Iran,’ argues ex-defense minister; Sa’ar: ‘We underestimate the enemy,’ attack would’ve happened under any government
By Sam Sokol
A handout photo from the military shows the aftermath of a deadly rocket attack by Hezbollah on a soccer field in the northern Golan Heights town of Majdal Shams, July 27, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 28, 2024, 12:28 am
‘Tear Beirut apart’: Some politicians beat war drums after Majdal Shams rocket attack
As Smotrich says ‘Nasrallah should pay with his head’ and Ben Gvir demands ‘war in the north now,’ opposition leaders also call for an aggressive reaction to deadly strike
By Sam Sokol
Yisrael Beytenu party chief Avigdor Liberman meets former prime minister Naftali Bennett in Tel Aviv, July 17, 2024. (Yisrael Beytenu via X)
July 17, 2024, 1:00 pm
Liberman and Bennett meet in bid to forge new right-wing bloc, but who would lead it?
After former Mossad chief Cohen said to decide not to enter politics, Hebrew media abuzz over possible formation of conservative mega-party to oppose current government
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting in the Knesset, July 15, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 15, 2024, 9:21 pm
Liberman predicts Netanyahu will dissolve Knesset in Nov., says he’s meeting Bennett
Yisrael Beytenu chief expects elections in early 2025; says he’ll be sitting down with former PM again on Wednesday
By Sam Sokol
The destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Be'eri, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 14, 2023. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
July 11, 2024, 11:35 pm
Opposition MKs: Be’eri findings confirm need for state inquiry into Oct. 7 failures
Lapid says government can no longer avoid responsibility to citizens; Liberman: Probe must start with PM and defense minister; Golan: This is ‘a drop in the ocean’
By Michael Horovitz
Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman (L) shakes hands with Likud lawmaker Yuli Edelstein at the Knesset on March 14, 2013. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 4, 2024, 4:45 pm
Group of coalition, opposition MKs aims to pass resolution against Palestinian state
61 lawmakers have reportedly already signed on to such legislation, with supporters seeking to pass it before Netanyahu’s speech to Congress later this month
By ToI Staff
Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 27, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 4, 2024, 1:46 am
Opposition party head appears to urge nuclear action to stop Iran’s atomic program
Ex-defense minister Liberman calls on government to use ‘all tools’ at its disposal to counter the threat posed by Tehran, stressing this can’t be done by ‘conventional means’
By ToI Staff
Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman, Israeli athletes attend a memorial service for fallen soldier Maj. David Shakuri, whose widow, Dafna, stands third to the right at Jerusalem Tennis and Education Center on June 28, 2024. (Dror Slthakol)
June 28, 2024, 7:03 pm
Liberman, Israeli athletes honor fallen soldier in friendly tennis match
Family of the late Maj. David Shakuri, who trained regularly at Jerusalem’s tennis center, plant memorial garden at slain soldier’s ‘second home’
By ToI Staff
This composite image shows (from left to right) Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman, former prime minister Naftali Bennett, New Hope party head Gideon Sa'ar and former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen. (Flash90)
June 25, 2024, 6:37 am
TV polls: Potential new right-wing alliance would win big in new election
Survey finds joint slate led by Liberman, Bennett, Sa’ar and ex-Mossad chief Yossi Cohen would be largest party with 25 Knesset seats; 1 day earlier, another poll gave it 35
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: IDF infantry reservists take part in a military maneuver in the Golan Heights, on April 1, 2024. (Michael Giladi/ Flash90)
June 25, 2024, 1:12 am
Knesset passes first reading of bill that raises retirement age for IDF reservists
Opposition slams coalition for moving to renew temporary service extension for reserve troops, noting parallel effort to exempt Haredi students from mandatory military enlistment
By ToI Staff
War cabinet minister Benny Gantz attends a plenum session and a vote on reviving the Ultra Orthodox enlistment bill at the assembly hall of the Knesset, Jerusalem, June 11, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 10, 2024, 8:19 pm
Far-right leaders slam Gantz’s exit from government, but hail ‘big opportunity’
Ben Gvir claims the outgoing war cabinet minster’s centrist party ‘put a spoke in the wheels of the war machine’ in recent months
By Sam Sokol
Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 27, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 2, 2024, 1:00 pm
Avigdor Liberman says Netanyahu offered him defense minister post
Hawkish opposition figure says he won’t accept role in beleaguered government, calls for elections now
By ToI Staff
Former IDF general and former Meretz MK Yair Golan attended a protest outside of Jerusalem on May 4, 2024 (Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
May 29, 2024, 1:07 pm
Daily Briefing May 29: Day 236 – MKs on right and left seek alliances, oppose PM
Political correspondent Sam Sokol discusses Gideon Sa’ar and Avigdor Liberman seeking a right-wing coalition, as new Labor Party head Yair Golan vows to create a new Israeli left
By ToI Staff
MK Gideon Sa'ar attends a faction meeting of the National Unity Party at the Knesset, July 10, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 28, 2024, 7:12 pm
Sa’ar willing to make ‘concessions’ to create right-wing bloc opposing Netanyahu
Representatives of Yesh Atid, Yisrael Beytenu and New Hope slated to meet Wednesday to discuss ‘the beginning of cooperation to overthrow the existing government’
By Sam Sokol
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