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RZP, Shas recommend Benjamin Netanyahu, Avigdor Liberman backs Gadi Eisenkot in talks with Isaac Herzog • Nov. 4, 2026, 3:12 PM ET (Jerusalem Post)
Avigdor Liberman backs Gadi Eisenkot for prime minister, Yair Lapid for Knesset speaker • Nov. 2, 2026, 9:07 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)
Avigdor Liberman cuts contact with Gadi Eisenkot, pushes for unity deal with Benjamin Netanyahu • Oct. 29, 2026, 2:46 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)
Liberman's Yisrael Beytenu expected to win seven seats in next Knesset, election data shows • Oct. 28, 2026, 10:50 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)
Avigdor Liberman: Benjamin Netanyahu must face treason probe over reported Iran plot • Oct. 26, 2026, 8:04 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)

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Also Known As Avigdor Lieberman • Evet Lvovich Liberman
Born June 5, 1958 (age 68) • Moldavia
Title / Office foreign minister (2013-2015), Israel • foreign minister (2009-2012), Israel
Founder Yisrael Beiteinu
Political Affiliation Yisrael Beiteinu

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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.
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