Israeli voters force Netanyahu to seek centrist partner

Published on January 24, 2013

Israel's next government must heed voters and devote itself to bread-and-butter issues, not thorny foreign policy problems such as Iran's nuclear plans and the Palestinian conflict, senior politicians said on Thursday.

Israel’s Lieberman says he will resign from politics if convicted

Published on January 14, 2013

Former Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman said he would resign from politics if he is convicted of fraud and breach of trust in the current indictment against him.

Avigdor Lieberman formally charged in Jerusalem court

Published on December 30, 2012

Former Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman was formally charged with fraud and breach of trust.

Israel hits Hamas government buildings, reservists mobilized

Published on November 17, 2012

Israeli aircraft bombed Hamas government buildings in Gaza on Saturday, including the prime minister's office, after Israel's cabinet authorized the mobilization of up to 75,000 reservists in preparation for a possible ground invasion.

Egypt’s President Morsi to decline Israel visit invitation

Published on August 29, 2012

A day after Israel's foreign minister called on Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi to visit Israel, a Muslim Brotherhood official called such a visit impossible.

Senators chide Clinton on Israel’s exclusion from counterterrorism forum

Published on June 13, 2012

U.S. Sens. Joseph Lieberman and Mark Kirk have written a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressing their disappointment with Israel’s exclusion from the inaugural meeting of the Global Counterterrorism Forum.

Lieberman: Israel might withdraw from U.N. Human Rights Council

Published on March 23, 2012

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman reportedly said he might recall Israel's ambassador to the U.N. Human Rights Council after the council voted 36-1 to investigate the effects of Jewish settlements on Palestinians.

Abbas says no talks without Israeli settlement freeze

Published on September 25, 2011

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas repeated on Sunday his refusal to talk with Israel without a settlement freeze after international mediators, responding to his United Nations bid for statehood, urged negotiations within a month.

Clock ticks on Palestinian U.N. plan

Published on September 22, 2011

Diplomats struggled to find a formula on Thursday to avoid a clash over the Middle East as time ticked down on Palestinian plans to ask the United Nations to recognize their statehood.

Netanyahu, Lieberman praise Obama’s U.N. speech, but Palestinians pan it

Published on September 22, 2011

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked President Obama for his speech at the United Nations General Assembly, but the Palestinians criticized the address.

Abbas: PA Won’t Recognize Jewish State

Published on August 31, 2011

The Palestinian Authority will not recognize Israel as a Jewish state, President Mahmoud Abbas said.

Olmert: Netanyahu leading Israel to political isolation

Published on October 12, 2010

Former prime minister Ehud Olmert on Tuesday harshly criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on the stalled peace process with the Palestinians.

Lieberman offers population exchange plan at U.N.

Published on September 28, 2010

Israel's foreign minister presented a plan to the United Nations that would transfer Israeli Arab towns to a future Palestinian state in exchange for annexing Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

Lieberman, Netanyahu meet to iron out differences

Published on July 20, 2010

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met to hash out their differences.

Lieberman: Spats won’t send party packing from coalition

Published on July 19, 2010

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said his Yisrael Beiteinu party will not leave the government, despite several disagreements.

Israeli police recommend Lieberman indictment

Published on May 24, 2010

Israeli police have recommended that the state prosecutor indict Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on charges of breach of trust.

Holyland suspect asked about bribes to Shas leader, Lieberman

Published on April 26, 2010

Police asked the main suspect in Israel's largest-ever real estate scandal if Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef received bribes.

Lieberman: Peace Talks Have Reached ‘Dead End’

Published on April 7, 2009

Nation World Briefs: Peace Process, Interfaith Campus

Published on March 25, 2009

American Jews favor an active U.S. role in the Middle East peace process even if it means exerting pressure on Israel, according to a poll.

Convention Notes: Hadassah Lieberman— ‘I’m not a Republican’

Published on September 3, 2008

Like her husband, Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.), Hadassah Lieberman is backing John McCain for president. On Monday afternoon, she was the featured speaker at the Republican Jewish Coalition's (RJC) National Women's Committee fundraiser and fashion show in Minneapolis. But, Lieberman insisted that doesn't mean she's become a Republican.

Ancient seal unearthed in Jerusalem; Leiberman reassures Muslims

Published on August 20, 2008

A 2,600-year-old clay seal impression was uncovered in Jerusalem's ancient City of David. Bearing the name Gedaliah ben Pashur, the seal impression was uncovered intact recently during archaeological excavations just below the walls of the Old City near the Dung Gate.

Say it ain’t Jew, Joe

By Marty Kaplan
Published on August 12, 2008

Lieberman War View Triggers Backlash

By James D. Besser
Published on January 19, 2006

Lieberman's defense of the war stands in sharp contrast to the Jewish majority. A recent American Jewish Committee poll indicated that 70 percent of Jews now oppose the administration's Iraq policies, although that number was considerably lower in Lieberman's Orthodox community.

A Homeland Paves the Way for Lieberman

By Stuart Schoffman
Published on February 6, 2003

Is America a great country, or what? By the time Joe Lieberman (Yale '64, Yale Law '67) had propelled himself upward by means of first-class education, the country had changed dramatically. Kennedy had succeeded where his Roman Catholic predecessor, Al Smith, had failed.

World Briefs

Published on January 9, 2003

World Briefs