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March 17, 2009

Netanyahu Offers Foreign Ministry Post to Far-Right Politician
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In Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu has formed a pact with far-right
politician Avigdor Lieberman in an attempt to a forge a right-wing
government in which Lieberman would become Israel’s foreign minister.
Lieberman has called for laws to require Palestinians living in Israel
to swear loyalty to the Jewish state or lose their citizenship.
Lieberman has been condemned by many moderate Israeli and Jewish
leaders. Rabbi Eric Yoffie, president of the Union for Reform Judaism,
recently described Lieberman’s run for president as an “outrageous,
abominable, hate-filled campaign, brimming with incitement that, if left
unchecked, could lead Israel to the gates of hell.”

Ahmed Tibi, one of the few Palestinians in the Israeli Knesset: “This is
the compatible of Le Pen and Joerg Haider. When those were elected, the
Austrian government was isolated and boycotted mainly by Israel. It is
time to call for boycotting the government and mainly boycotting
Lieberman himself.”



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