Posts Tagged: Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman
Israeli Defense Minister Urges Cooperation With Saudis Against Iran
JNS.org - Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman has called on moderate Sunni states, especially Saudi Arabia, to bolster their security ties with Israel in an effort to...
Defense Minister: Israelis Should Boycott Arabs Who Rioted Against Jerusalem Move
JNS.org - Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Sunday that the Israeli Arab residents of the Wadi Ara area near Haifa “do not belong to the State...
Israel’s Lieberman: ‘Dramatic Changes’ Warrant $1.4 Billion Defense Budget Increase
JNS.org - Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Monday expressed the need for an increase of $1.4 billion to the Jewish state’s defense budget, citing “dramatic...
Israel ‘Will Retaliate to Any Provocation,’ Defense Chief Says After Terror Tunnel Discovery
JNS.org - Israel is not interested in another conflict in the Gaza Strip, but it “will not tolerate any infringement on its sovereignty” and “will retaliate...
Israel Demands That Palestinian Authority Bar Hamas From Gaza Border Crossings
JNS.org - Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai on Wednesday instructed the country’s Coordination and Liaison Authority to set up...
Israeli Defense Minister Lieberman: Next War Will Be a Two-Front Conflict in North and South
Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Tuesday said the next war in Israel will see the Israel Defense Forces facing both a unified Syrian and Lebanese...
Syria to Top Agenda During Russian Defense Minister’s First Visit to Israel Next Month
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu will visit the Jewish state in October and meet with his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman, Russian and Israeli media outlets...
Israeli Defense Minister Supports High Court Ruling Nixing Haredi Draft Exemption
JNS.org - A day after Israel’s High Court of Justice canceled the country’s law that exempts Haredi Jews from compulsory IDF service while studying in yeshiva,...
Israeli Defense Minister: 2005 Gaza Disengagement Was Mistake
JNS.org - Israel’s Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Thursday he "absolutely agreed" with comments made by Maj. Gen. (ret.) Yair Naveh in an interview with Israel...
Defense Minister: West Bank Construction at Highest Level in More Than 20 Years
JNS.org - The number of buildings being constructed in the West Bank is at its highest in more than 20 years, and any additional construction would put...
Israeli Defense Minister Lieberman Downplays Severity of Trump’s Russia Leak, Praises Security Relations With US
Minister of Defense Avigdor Lieberman attempted to play down the severity of reports that President Trump gave Russia Israeli intelligence Wednesday, saying that security cooperation and relations...
Lieberman to Russia: Israel ‘Won’t Allow’ Iran and Hezbollah in Golan Heights
JNS.org - Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman told Russian officials this week that Israel “won’t allow concentrations of Iranian and Hezbollah forces on the Golan Heights.” Lieberman...
Defense Minister Lieberman Urges Israelis to Stop Reading Haaretz After Op-Ed Calls Orthodox Jews ‘More Dangerous’ Than Hezbollah
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman on Thursday called on Israelis to stop reading the Haaretz daily newspaper, railing at the left-leaning newspaper for an opinion piece...
Israeli Defense Minister Lieberman ‘100% Certain’ Syrian President Assad Ordered Deadly Chemical Attack
JNS.org - Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman accused Syrian President Bashar Assad of being directly responsible for a gas attack that killed dozens of people,...
