What Was FM Avigdor Lieberman Thinking?

10 March 2023

What would cause Israel's foreign minister to say that "those who are against us deserve to have their heads chopped off with an axe?" And why would "Newsweek" say Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman does not live in Israel?

Who will decide Israel's next prime minister? Is it the voters? The president? Or will it be the Arab parties?

Why was Bassem Eid, a Palestinian Human Rights activist, evacuated from an event in South Africa, after being called a "liar" and a "sellout?"

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