Avigdor Liberman , né le 5 juin 1958 à Kichinev , est un homme politique israélien.
Après avoir été membre du Likoud, il crée et dirige le parti nationaliste Israel Beytenou, dont il est la tête de liste aux des élections législatives de 2006, de 2009 et de 2015.
À partir de 2001, dans les gouvernements d’Ariel Sharon, d’Ehud Olmert et de Benyamin Netanyahou, il est plusieurs fois ministre .
Personnalité éminente pour les Israéliens d'origine russe, il est controversé en raison de son vocabulaire violent et de ses positions anti-arabes.
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“The Gaza sniper deserves a decoration, and the photographer a demerit.”
In response over a video of a shooting by IDF soldiers on prostestors during the 2018 Gaza border protests. (April 10 2018) https://theintercept.com/2018/04/10/gaza-protests-palestine-israel-sniper-video/
Answer to "Why are you always perceived as the bad guy?" "Spiegel Interview" http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,684789-4,00.html
“We won’t be moving people, we will be moving the borders. It’s not a transfer.”
Comment on Israeli-Palestine land territory conflict, 2006, quoted in Greg Myre, "Israeli Official Discusses Iran and His Controversial Agenda", http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/07/world/middleeast/07mideast.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin The New York Times (2006-12-07)
Quoted in Ben Lynfield, "The Rise of Avigdor Lieberman", http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070101/lynfield The Nation (2006-12-14)
As quoted in 'There are no innocents in Gaza,' says Israeli defense minister http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/There-are-no-innocents-in-Gaza-says-Israeli-defense-minister-549173 (April 8, 2018), The Jerusalem Post
