Comment on Israel’s New Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman Has Threatened to Bomb Egypt and Kill Palestinians

Israel’s New Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman Has Threatened to Bomb Egypt and Kill Palestinians

JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reached a deal to expand his coalition government on Wednesday by bringing in the ultranationalist Yisrael Beitenu party and appointing its leader Avigdor Lieberman as his new defense minister. The development caps a tumultuous political week that began with Netanyahu negotiating with the moderate Labor Party against a backdrop of international pressure to relaunch peace efforts with the Palestinians, before choosing Lieberman’s hawkish party instead. Lieberman is one of Israel’s most polarizing politicians and has a reputation for making inflammatory statements. In a joint signing ceremony in Jerusalem, Netanyahu and Lieberman insisted they have put their past differences behind them and sought to soothe fears over their new alliance by making calming statements in both Hebrew and, with an eye toward the world, in English as well. “I am committed to promoting the peace process.

 

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