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| Netanyahu offers ministry to Lieberman |
| 2009-02-06 |
| Benjamin Netanyahu, widely tipped to become Israel's prime minister after next week's election, said on Thursday he would offer a top ministry to ultra-nationalist hawk Avigdor Lieberman if he takes office. Lieberman's party Yisrael Beitenu has emerged as a force in the February 10 election, tipped to become the third largest party in Parliament. "When I become prime minister, I will reach out to Yisrael Beitenu and I will propose an important ministry to Avigdor Lieberman," Netanyahu told Army Radio. "I intend to form a government by first of all reaching out to our traditional partners in the national camp, including Yisrael Beitenu," the hawkish politician said. According to the mass-selling Yediot Aharonot newspaper, Lieberman is seeking the defense portfolio but Netanyahu is unlikely to meet his demand. The 50-year-old Lieberman is one of Israel's most controversial politicians whose extremist rhetoric about the nation's indigenous Palestian-Israeli population earns him regular charges of racism. Yisrael Beitenu (Israel is Our Home) is projected to win up to 18 seats in Parliament to become the third-largest party, nudging out center-left Labor. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 So it is racist to want to expel "people" whose sole aim in life is to kill you. We sure would not bother with the expulsion part, we would just kill them...double tap please!!! |
| Posted by: Ming the Merciless 2009-02-06 20:48 |