Lieberman: Netanyahu Supported Failed Policies

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"Yisrael Beiteinu" chairman Avigdor Lieberman criticized "Israeli" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's record at a party convention Tuesday, saying the Likud chairman supported "failed" policies.

"Yisrael Beiteinu has a consistent, solid position," he said. "And the best and clearest example of that is the vote on the disengagement [from Gaza] in 2004. Six current ministers and deputy ministers from Likud voted for the disengagement. In contrast, it never occurred to anyone from Yisrael Beiteinu to support that failure of an idea.

He further mentioned: "They ask me, 'how dare you say you don't rule out [going with] either Netanyahu or Herzog?'" regarding the upcoming elections. "If I form a government, I promise to invite them both to be a part of it."

However, he forcibly attacked the other parties' political behavior. "Up to now we have seen three classic, old, and dated approaches: One from the left, which stumbled and failed. The second approach, 'sit and do nothing', failed as well. And that's what has been happening here since 2009."

"The third approach, Bennett's approach, that effectively speaks about one state for two peoples between the sea and Jordan, is the most dangerous, a certain failure, and also designed to entangle us and cause damage that cannot be repaired."

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