Avigdor Lieberman, deputy prime minister and foreign minister of Israel, was informed by the Attorney General against him alleged crimes of fraud, money laundering, abuse of confidence and witness tampering. Lieberman, founder and leader of the ultranationalist Yisrael Beitenu third political force in the country, seemed set to continue in Government until it was formalized processing.
The process could take six months. Lieberman's complaint, after 10 stormy years of research, medium term could give rise to a deep political crisis. Lieberman is seen as the future leader of the Israeli right, Benjamin Netanyahu overflowing by the nationalist and anti-Palestinian side, and could force early elections if he saw fit to halt the judicial process.
Without Yisrael Beitenu Netanyahu's coalition would fall apart. Avigdor Lieberman said the case against him is a witch hunt organized by his "political enemies." The Foreign Minister is a highly controversial character, inside and outside Israel. He lives in a colony in the occupied Palestinian territories, has been convicted of beating a child (2001) and is fond of statements chilling: he has proposed, among other things, the "summary execution" of the Israeli Arab MKs, the drowning of Palestinian prisoners in the Dead Sea and the bombing of Egypt's Aswan Dam.
The U.S. diplomat, Hillary Clinton, met him once and has since refused to repeat the experience. His audience, however, appreciates its mix of openness, populism and hatred of Arabs. Prosecutors began investigating 10 years ago, for illegally receiving $ 850 000 from an Austrian businessman for his first campaign.
Then, prosecutors said, it was discovered that while he was Minister of Transport was founded at least six holding companies through which enrolled 2.8 million contract that he adjudicated. The charges of fraud, money laundering and breach of trust are based on those facts. Last year, and as foreign minister, allegedly committed another offense.
The Ministry of Justice ordered the Israeli ambassador to Belarus to collect information from local authorities with documents necessary for the proceedings against Lieberman, Ambassador, subordinate to the minister, kept a copy of the document and handed it to his boss. Hence tampering with witnesses.
Lieberman, born on June 5, 1958 in Kishinev (former USSR, now Moldova), emigrated to Israel in 1978 and worked various jobs, including that of keeper of disco, to rise in the Likud, the great Israeli right-wing nationalist party . Country Italian citizen captured by a Salafist group in Gaza was killed by his kidnappers and his body was found the night of Thursday to Friday, reported Hamas security services.
"The Italian was killed by asphyxiation and his body was found in a street in Gaza City, "said a spokesman for the Security Services of the Islamist movement that controls the Gaza Strip. Two of the alleged hijackers were arrested and the security services are searching for their accomplices, the source added.
At dusk, members of a Palestinian Salafist group claimed to have kidnapped in the Gaza Strip Vittorio Arrigoni, journalist, writer and pro-Palestinian militant peace movement International Solidarity Movement (ISM, International Solidarity Movement). The kidnappers threatened to kill him and in a video posted on YouTube, they demanded that in exchange for his release, the Islamist movement Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, to release their jailed comrades. 
The process could take six months. Lieberman's complaint, after 10 stormy years of research, medium term could give rise to a deep political crisis. Lieberman is seen as the future leader of the Israeli right, Benjamin Netanyahu overflowing by the nationalist and anti-Palestinian side, and could force early elections if he saw fit to halt the judicial process.
Without Yisrael Beitenu Netanyahu's coalition would fall apart. Avigdor Lieberman said the case against him is a witch hunt organized by his "political enemies." The Foreign Minister is a highly controversial character, inside and outside Israel. He lives in a colony in the occupied Palestinian territories, has been convicted of beating a child (2001) and is fond of statements chilling: he has proposed, among other things, the "summary execution" of the Israeli Arab MKs, the drowning of Palestinian prisoners in the Dead Sea and the bombing of Egypt's Aswan Dam.
The U.S. diplomat, Hillary Clinton, met him once and has since refused to repeat the experience. His audience, however, appreciates its mix of openness, populism and hatred of Arabs. Prosecutors began investigating 10 years ago, for illegally receiving $ 850 000 from an Austrian businessman for his first campaign.
Then, prosecutors said, it was discovered that while he was Minister of Transport was founded at least six holding companies through which enrolled 2.8 million contract that he adjudicated. The charges of fraud, money laundering and breach of trust are based on those facts. Last year, and as foreign minister, allegedly committed another offense.
The Ministry of Justice ordered the Israeli ambassador to Belarus to collect information from local authorities with documents necessary for the proceedings against Lieberman, Ambassador, subordinate to the minister, kept a copy of the document and handed it to his boss. Hence tampering with witnesses.
Lieberman, born on June 5, 1958 in Kishinev (former USSR, now Moldova), emigrated to Israel in 1978 and worked various jobs, including that of keeper of disco, to rise in the Likud, the great Israeli right-wing nationalist party . Country Italian citizen captured by a Salafist group in Gaza was killed by his kidnappers and his body was found the night of Thursday to Friday, reported Hamas security services.
"The Italian was killed by asphyxiation and his body was found in a street in Gaza City, "said a spokesman for the Security Services of the Islamist movement that controls the Gaza Strip. Two of the alleged hijackers were arrested and the security services are searching for their accomplices, the source added.
At dusk, members of a Palestinian Salafist group claimed to have kidnapped in the Gaza Strip Vittorio Arrigoni, journalist, writer and pro-Palestinian militant peace movement International Solidarity Movement (ISM, International Solidarity Movement). The kidnappers threatened to kill him and in a video posted on YouTube, they demanded that in exchange for his release, the Islamist movement Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, to release their jailed comrades.
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