[IsraelTimes] Avigdor Liberman may have outflanked Bennett on the right, but with new elections in the offing, that puts the prime minister exactly where he wants to beDefense Minister Avigdor Liberman’s resignation from the government on Wednesday, after the cabinet okayed a deeply unpopular ceasefire with Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,, is meant to position him as the true defender of right-wing values, willing to sacrifice his senior ministerial position for a principled stance in defense of the beleaguered residents of southern Israel.
At least, that was how Liberman hoped it would play out. But his calculations may backfire and end up working in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s favor.