Avigdor Liberman, chairman of Yisrael Beytenu, held a press conference on Wednesday and outlined his usual hateful goals.
Liberman said the party has two central objectives: replacing the current government and securing his appointment as Israel’s next prime minister.
“The world can turn upside down—I will not sit with Netanyahu,” he said. “He cannot be part of any future coalition. Period.”
Liberman claimed that the reason for disqualifying Netanyahu is his avoidance of responsibility for the October 7 massacre. However, as is known, Liberman’s disqualification of Netanyahu began years before the massacre.
Liberman added that there will be no draft exemption law under his leadership.
“There will be no conscription law. Everyone will report to the induction center—including Chareidim and Arabs—and the IDF will choose whom it wants. The rest will perform national service.”
He also attacked Chareidim, saying that they are racist and discriminatory. “There are three parties in the world without women—Shas, UTJ, and the Taliban,” he claimed.
Speaking about the possibility of cooperation with United Arab List (Ra’am), Liberman said: “I know Mansour Abbas. I sat with him. He was the first Arab leader to say that the State of Israel is a Jewish state. But he wants to become the Shas of the Arabs—and one Shas for the Jews is enough for me.”
Liberman stressed that his opposition to Ra’am is not because the party is Arab, but because he views it as separatist. “Anyone working to deepen separatism within Israeli society is not a partner,” he said.
When asked by Arutz Sheva whether he would insist on becoming prime minister even if his party is not the largest party, Liberman declined to commit to any specific framework.
“All discussions about rotation agreements or coalition structures will take place only after the election results are known,” he said.
“I have two goals: replacing the government and becoming prime minister. Everything else we’ll discuss after election day.”
(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
