Mazuz to Netanyahu: Lieberman can serve as foreign minister
By REBECCA ANNA STOILA day after the Supreme Court gave investigators an ultimatum regarding the probe into Israel Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Lieberman, Attorney-General Menahem Mazuz told Prime Minister-designate Binyamin Netanyahu Tuesday that there was no legal obstacle preventing Lieberman from serving as foreign minister.
The announcement came one day after prosecutors and police argued that a final decision regarding the investigation into Lieberman was just around the corner.
Assistant Attorney-General Raz Nizri hinted in court Monday that Lieberman would be questioned shortly after the coalition was formed, and Israel Police Ch.-Insp. Asaf Valpish from the National Fraud Squad testified that Lieberman continued to commit some of the crimes that police were investigating.
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