Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Lieberman, the most entertaining Israeli politician

I haven’t done a fun with Lieberman post in a while. The problem with Lieberman as a parliamentarian is; if you interrupt him he’ll probably tell you exactly what he thinks of you and his hopes for your future. The Jerusalem Post reports:
A fight broke out in the Knesset plenum on Monday between Strategic Affairs Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Balad chairman Wasal Taha, in which Lieberman called Taha a "representative of terrorists" in the Knesset and wished Hamas would "take care of" him, too.

The fight began when Taha interrupted Lieberman's speech during a meeting on approving incoming Labor Chairman Ehud Barak as the new defense minister. In the speech, Lieberman attacked Arab Knesset members for their silence on what he termed the "lynching in Gaza," referring to the Hamas attacks on Fatah members in the escalating violence between the rival Palestinian factions. Taha shouted back his opposition, after which Lieberman accused Taha of treason.

Lieberman accused Taha of being an accomplice to terror organizations and said, "Your day will also come." The shouting match culminated in Lieberman saying, "I hope Hamas takes care of you, too! They would deal with you properly."

1 comment:

Michael said...

Russians are nothing if not direct.