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PRESSTV
April 2, 2018
Israeli Minister for Military Affairs Avigdor Lieberman addresses members of the Yisrael Beiteinu party in the Knesset in Jerusalem al-Quds on March 12, 2018. (Photo by AFP). Israel has rejected calls for an independent investigation after the Tel Aviv regime's acts of aggression along the border fence withÃâà...
Al-Monitor
March 21, 2018
13 Haaretz article, Zandberg argued that one cannot change politics from the outside. She has not retracted her statement to the effect that she does not rule out joining a governing coalition that includes Liberman's right-wing Yisrael Beitenu. When asked by Al-Monitor whether she supports a partnershipÃâà...
Al-Monitor
March 17, 2018
Intriguingly, the poll gave her more support than the leader of her former party Yisrael Beitenu, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman. The poll gave him only four seats, meaning that he could find himself below the threshold and out of the Knesset in the next election. Levy-Abekasis left Yisrael Beitenu in aÃâà...
Matzav Review
March 16, 2018
Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, whose secular Yisrael Beiteinu party is stridently opposed to Haredi exemptions, announced in response that he would vote against any draft law that did not contain input from the Defense Ministry and would leave the government if such a law passed. As FinanceÃâà...
Matzav Review
March 15, 2018
Then at 8:03 pm, Chadashot released a poll that had independent MK Orly Levy-Abekasis – formerly a member of Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu party – at 5 seats, while Lieberman and his party were barely above the 4 seat threshold. All of a sudden, Lieberman was magically ready for compromise andÃâà...
World Israel News
March 14, 2018
Yisrael Beiteinu said it will vote against the proposed solution, but Netanyahu would still have the required 61 votes to pass the bill. ... Concerning Yisrael Beitenu Minister Sofa Landver's threat to vote against the Draft Law in the cabinet, which in essence means leaving the coalition, Shaked said, “ThereÃâà...
Haaretz
March 12, 2018
All of Yisrael Beiteinu's Knesset members, including Immigrant Absorption Minister Sofa Landver, will vote against the compromise bill on exempting ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students ... Yisrael Beitenu party whip MK Robert Ilatov, speaking on Israeli TV, said his party plans to vote against the compromise.
JerusalemOnline
March 9, 2018
MK Orly Levy-Abekasis, who quit the Yisrael Beiteinu party two years ago over an ideological rift with its leader, Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, announced on Tuesday she is founding a new party, which she says will focus on social issues and fight against corruption. Levy-Abekasis, the daughter ofÃâà...
The Jewish Voice
March 7, 2018
Levy-Abekasis, the daughter of former foreign minister David Levy, was first elected to the Knesset in 2009 running on the Yisrael Beiteinu list. She served in the 18th, 19th and 20th Knesset and was deputy speaker of the parliament in her first term. Levy-Abekasis rose to number two on the Yisrael BeiteinuÃâà...
Haaretz
March 7, 2018
Lawmaker Orli Levi-Abekasis, who left the secular, right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu last year to become an independent Knesset member, announced Tuesday that she is setting up a new political party. During her remarks addressing the Sderot Conference, Levi-Abekasis said that she would shortly reveal theÃâà...
Haaretz
March 6, 2018
Lieberman and his party, Yisrael Beiteinu, have long supported the death penalty for terrorists, particularly in cases in which civilians are murdered. In early January, the Knesset gave its preliminary support for a bill sponsored by Knesset member Robert Ilatov (Yisrael Beiteinu) that would no longer requireÃâà...
Haaretz
March 6, 2018
Both Kahlon and Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who heads the Yisrael Beiteinu party, have both come out strongly against the draft law. Lieberman told his party's lawmakers on Monday that he remained opposed to the draft legislation, saying the terms for Haredi conscription should be decided byÃâà...
Haaretz
February 17, 2018
Robert Ilatov, chairman of Yisrael Beiteinu, said that “The Polish prime minister will stop at nothing to legitimize the Polish Holocaust denial law. With cynical politeness and without batting an eye, the Polish prime minister denies the Holocaust and rewrites the most terrible tragedy in our people's history.
JerusalemOnline
December 31, 1999
On Saturday, MK Oded Forer vowed that in the upcoming months, his party, Yisrael Beiteinu, would make sure that the Knesset passes legislation to allow the death penalty for convicted Palestinian terrorists. This comes one day after a Palestinian terrorist murdered two Israeli soldiers and wounded twoÃâà...
Haaretz
December 31, 1999
As of press time, Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman insisted his Yisrael Beiteinu party would not support the conscription law. The Haredi parties were also motivated to move forward with the budget the government approved at the start of the week with an extra 50 million shekels spending for yeshivasÃâà...
Haaretz
December 31, 1999
Netanyahu adjourned a meeting midday Sunday of the coalition heads due to the absence of Lieberman (Yisrael Beiteinu) and Litzman. In interviews with Israeli ... Sources in the Yisrael Beitenu party clarified the tweet by saying that the party was “pursuing our course of action without blinking.” On FridayÃâà...
Haaretz
December 31, 1999
Meanwhile, the poll said that a new party headed by Orli Levi-Abekasis' would get five seats while her former party, Yisrael Beiteinu, headed by Defense Minister Avigdor Leiberman would only win four, as would Shas. Both parties are partners in Netanyahu's coalition and the low polling results mayÃâà...
JerusalemOnline
December 31, 1999
On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition is expected to vote on the controversial draft bill that will exempt ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students from drafting into the army. Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman's party, Yisrael Beiteinu, is expected to oppose this bill during the vote.
