Avigdor Liberman

Liberman urges opposition to focus on Netanyahu government collapse rather than leadership fights

His comments came after Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot stated that leaders of smaller parties in the opposition bloc should not insist on seeking the premiership.

Yisrael Beiteinu party chairman MK Avigdor Lieberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 6, 2026.
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men clash with police during a protest against construction work on the Jerusalem Light Rail in the Bar-Ilan area of Jerusalem, June 8, 2026.

'Nazis, get out of here': Haredi protesters assault Border Police officers, soldiers in Jerusalem

Chairman of the “Together” party and former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks during a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 20, 2026.

Bennett losing ground as Eisenkot, Netanyahu neck-and-neck for upcoming elections - poll

The nine-member panel at the High Court of Justice looks on as the hearing opens in Jerusalem.

High Court appears poised to strike down law freezing haredi draft enforcement


Soldiers in Gaza are being ‘sacrificed on the alter’ of maintaining coalition, Liberman says

Liberman argued that the only reason the war had not ended already was because if so, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would have lost the support of the far-right, thus losing the coalition.

 Avigdor Lieberman

Liberman: Israel has ‘no more than three years’ to prepare for next war with Iran

With Iran's nuclear threat growing, Lieberman demands fixed defense funding and criticizes Gaza aid as weakening Israeli security.

 Yisrael Beiteinu party chairman MK Avigdor Lieberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 30, 2025.

'Crushing victory' or 'jarring and bitter' mistake? Israel weighs in on the ceasefire with Iran

The US-brokered ceasefire was violated by an Iranian missile fired towards northern Israel just hours after the truce took effect.

 People take cover as siren warns of incoming missiles fired from Iran, at a public bomb shelter in Jerusalem, June 15, 2025.

Smotrich 'completely opposed' to Israel arming Hamas opponents in Gaza

"I was not aware of this. I am completely opposed to arming an enemy, no matter which faction they belong to,” Smotrich said at a faction meeting.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks in the Knesset plenum, in Jerusalem, March 25, 2025

Netanyahu, Liberman test the line between wartime strategy, political ambition - analysis

Liberman positions himself for a post-Netanyahu era, but his leak of sensitive wartime policy reveals he’s playing the same political game he criticizes.

 L to R: Yisrael Beytenu chair Avigdor Liberman, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against backdrop of terrorists. (illustration)

Netanyahu confirms Israel is arming clans in Gaza to fight Hamas after Liberman's allegations

Avigdor Liberman sat down with KAN's Reshet Bet on Thursday in interview, claiming Netanyahu is arming militias in Gaza.

 L to R: Yisrael Beytenu chair Avigdor Liberman, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against backdrop of terrorists. (illustration)

Liberman claims Netanyahu wanted to name Yair Golan as IDF chief in 2014, Golan confirms

Liberman served as Netanyahu’s foreign minister at the time, while Golan held the position of deputy chief of the IDF.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends his trial on corruption charges at the district court in Tel Aviv, Israel, 02 April 2025.

Israeli officials express uncertainty over funding of new Gaza aid mechanisms

Both opposition chair, Yesh Atid head Yair Lapid and Yisrael Beytenu chair, Avigdor Liberman, said Israelis deserve honesty over where tax dollars are going.

 PALESTINIANS SEEKING aid gather near a distribution site run by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in Rafah on Tuesday. The Hamas government made its priority readying for war and not the feeding of the people who voted them into power, the writer asserts.

Liberman: Mossad is paying for humanitarian aid to Gaza

Opposition head MK Yair Lapid also questioned the government about the source of funding for aid during a Knesset plenum debate on Monday.

MK Avigdor Liberman speaks in the Knesset plenum, in Jerusalem, March 25, 2025

Yair Golan sparks outrage: 'A sane country does not kill babies as a hobby'

“Israel is on the path to becoming a pariah state among the nations ,like the South Africa of old, if it does not return to behaving like a sane country,” Golan said.

 Yair Golan holds a press conference in Tel Aviv, on February 13, 2025