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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Fri Dec 14, 2012, 12:24 PM Dec 2012

Israel Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman Resigns [View all]

Source: BBC

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has resigned after prosecutors decided to charge him with breach of trust.

Mr Lieberman has also resigned as deputy prime minister, and said he would fight to clear his name of the charges.

The case against him relates to a financial scandal dating back more than a decade.

His resignation comes five weeks before Israel's general election.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20731396

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Israel Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman Resigns [View all] Purveyor Dec 2012 OP

Oh, really . . . . patrice Dec 2012 #1

Good leftynyc Dec 2012 #2

He's makes Bibi look like a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize ChairmanAgnostic Dec 2012 #3

Kick (nt) muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #4

This is good Spirochete Dec 2012 #5

Good riddance Jack Rabbit Dec 2012 #6

Unfortunately, his party will still be there DavidDvorkin Dec 2012 #7

One major war monger gone, one more to go. Tempest Dec 2012 #8

Kick (nt) muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #9