Himself an immigrant to Israel from Soviet Moldova, Liberman draws the core of his support from immigrants from the former Soviet Union. Then-defense minister Avigdor Liberman and then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, on October 23, 2017. Liberman said that once Netanyahu and Haredi bloc members UTJ and Shas and far-right Religious Zionism-Otzma Yehudit return to power, they would bring “the complete abolition of the term ‘sharing the burden,’ the abolition of the Law of Return, the abolition of the requirement for core studies, and the robbery of the public coffers.” Netanyahu’s promise came a day after The New York Times published a scathing investigation into failing Haredi schools in New York State. On Sunday he accused Netanyahu of employing the “exact methods” of Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi party’s chief propogandist, as well as Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, against him.Īddressing Netanyahu’s election promise to fund Haredi schools without requiring core studies earlier on Sunday to unify Ashkenazi Haredi politicians under the United Torah Judaism banner, Liberman said that returning him and his political partners to power would ruin hallmarks of Yisrael Beytenu’s secular agenda. Liberman claims that Netanyahu is behind the claims and similarly denies them. ![]() ![]() Netanyahu, who denies all charges against him, has slung mud at Liberman over the past two weeks, in connection to allegations that the finance minister propositioned a former activist to hire a hitman on his behalf 20 years ago.
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