JERUSALEM -- Israel's state prosecutors began a hearing on Tuesday to decide whether to indict Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on charges of fraud, breach of trust and money laundering, a move that could shake up Israeli politics and lead to early elections. Mr. Lieberman, who has denied all wrongdoing, has been under investigation for years in...
JERUSALEM -- Israel and the United States have agreed to postpone major joint missile-defense exercises that had been scheduled for the spring because of regional tensions and instability, according to Israel's foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman. The move appears intended to avoid further escalating tensions with Iran, which is under intense...
JERUSALEM -- Israel agreed on Wednesday to transfer to the Palestinian Authority about $100 million in tax and customs payments that it has withheld for four weeks in protest over the Palestinians' membership efforts at the United Nations and pursuit of power-sharing with Hamas. The decision to release the money was made at a meeting of Prime...
Avigdor Lieberman (hebraisk: אביגדור ליברמן) (født 5. juni 1958 i Chişinău) er en sovjettiskfødt israelsk politiker, der er medlem af Knesset og siden 2009 Israels udenrigsminister. Han er desuden stifter og formand for det højreekstremistiske parti Yisrael Beytenu.
Lieberman emigrerede til Israel som 21-årig i 1978 og gjorde tjeneste i den israelske hær, hvorefter han studerede statskundskab ved Det hebraiske universitet i Jerusalem. I 1999 blev han indvalgt i Knesset og blev allerede i 2001 udnævnt til infrastrukturminister, men gik af i 2002. Han var 2003-2004 transportminister.
Politisk har Lieberman ofte mødt kritik for sine stærkt kontroversielle synspunkter. Bl.a. ønsker han at fordrive israelere af arabisk herkomst, ligesom han har udtalt, at israelsk-palæstinensiske parlamentsmedlemmer bør dømmes til døden, hvis de har forbindelser til Hamas. Fold ud