Yisrael Beyteinu

Liberman rules out possibility of Arab, haredi partes in next government

The Yisrael Beytenu chair said that his decision reflects the "basic values of the Zionist movement."

Yisrael Beytenu party chairman MK Avigdor Lieberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 14, 2025.
PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Education Minister Naftali Bennet

Bennett overtakes Netanyahu: New poll shows Likud slipping amid political shift - poll

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) meets with Israeli War Cabinet member Benny Gantz at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., March 5, 2024.

N13 poll: Next PM is toss up between Gantz or Bennett

 Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Cabinet minister Benny Gantz during a press conference in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv , Israel , 28 October 2023.

Likud regains some ground, Gantz maintains lead in new poll


Liberman: I will not recommend Gantz as prime minister

Liberman did not rule out the possibility that he would run in the September 17 election as a prime ministerial candidate.

Avigdor Liberman exits the Knesset following the passing of a Knesset dispersal, 2019.

Liberman: If no coalition formed, Likud is to blame

Netanyahu convened all potential coalition partners for an emergency meeting on Thursday night but Liberman refuse to attend.

Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman at a press conference

Liberman demands ban on DNA tests by rabbinical courts

Yisrael Beytenu leader says he won’t enter a coalition without a guarantee that a law banning DNA testing by the rabbinical courts will be passed

Avigdor Liberman speaks at a press conference, October 22, 2018

Ex deputy minister Kirschenbaum testifies for 1st time in bribery trial

Notably, Kirschenbaum remained loyal to Avigdor Liberman and said he knew nothing about the scheme.

Faina Kirschenbaum

40 days to elections, what will Netanyahu and the Likud do now? - analysis

Due to his 25 years of warning against Iran’s nuclearization, Netanyahu has often been compared to Noah, who warned the world of its imminent destruction- and was arguably proven right.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the 45th Israel mission of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, February 18th, 2019

New Right brings experts in aliyah and hasbara to their list

Among the New Right’s candidates is Yomtov Kalfon, an attorney, activist, and founder of “Aleinu,” meant to help get French-speaking immigrants involved in Israeli politics.

New Right: Naftali Bennett and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked announce the formation of a new political party in Tel Aviv on December 29

Sofa Landver announces she is retiring from public life

Former Minister of Aliyah and Integration, Landver was much loved by olim from the former Soviet-Union.

Sofa Landver

Liberman likens haredim to Hamas in campaign focused on religion and state

"I hope Yisrael Beytenu doesn’t pass the electoral threshold; Liberman is an ingrate," said Moshe Gafni

Former Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman launches Yisrael Beitenu on January 20, 2019

MK warns against slippery slope in vanishing woman ad

MK Robert Ilatov [Yisrael Beiteinu] warns that the defacing of a billboard ad with a female model is "disgraceful."

The billboard ad that was defaced in Ashdod with the original model on the Right and the defaced ad to the Left.

Will the coalition nix a bill cracking down on terrorists to spite Liberman?

Although one of the bill’s leading sponsors is a member of the Likud, it is unlikely to go to a vote soon.

Palestinian prisoners wait to be released from Ketziot prison, southern Israel, October 1, 2007