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Avigdor Lieberman Research Paper

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Avigdor Lieberman was not born in Israel. He was born in Moldova on June 5, 1958. Avigdor became a political leader by starting a political party called Yisrael Beiteinu(Israel is our home) but was most influential during his time as Foreign Minister. Avigdor Lieberman started out believing only in violence but changed his views a bit to try and make peace.
In 1999 Lieberman established a new political party named Yisrael Beiteinu. The party started off slow but turned into the third largest party in Israel mostly because of the joining of Russian immigrants. He ran for many political positions but was known for his political positions as Foreign Minister. Lieberman had a strong hatred of the Arabs. However, Lieberman did try to make peace between the Israelis and the Arabs. …show more content…

On March 2,2002, after a terrorist attack, Lieberman responded by saying, “If I was in charge, I would warn the Arabs that by 10:00 am they should expect to be bombed. Secondly, by the Arabs, he was been called racist on several occasions. Lieberman said if anyone from the Arab Knesset that met with any Hamas leaders ought to be tried for treason. He also tried to convince people to relocate Arab-Israeli towns such as Umm-Al-Fahm out of Israel. After another terrorist attack he was interviewed and said he would gladly donate Arabs to Abu Mazen, meaning he would ethnically cleanse Israel. Although Lieberman was known for his infamous violence, he attempted to make peace. The peace treaty would give Arabs land in Israel but very little. Only 15 percent of the Arabs were willing to give up violence to take the land Lieberman promised. Again after trying to make peace with the Arabs he was called

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