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Israeli politician Avigdor Lieberman in 2019, wearing a suit and patterned tie, with a trimmed gray beard and short hair, facing the camera against a dark blue background.
Avigdor Lieberman

Avigdor Liberman

Israeli politician
Also known as: Avigdor Lieberman, Evet Lvovich Liberman
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Leslie D. Susser
Diplomatic Correspondent, The Jerusalem Report. Coauthor of Shalom Friend: The Life and Legacy of Yitzhak Rabin.
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Avigdor Liberman (born June 5, 1958, Kishinyov, Moldavia, U.S.S.R. [now Chișinău, Moldova]) is an Israeli politician, leader of the nationalist right-wing political party Yisrael Beiteinu, who served as Israel’s foreign minister (2009–12; 2013–15), defense minister (2016–18), and finance minister (2021–22). Once a close ally of Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, Liberman and his party were distinguished by their calls for all Israeli citizens to participate in national service, ending exemptions for Palestinians with Israeli...

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