Avigdor Lieberman

Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman on March 19 threatened to destroy Syrian air defense systems after they fired ground-to-air missiles at Israeli warplanes carrying out strikes.

"The next time the Syrians use their air defense systems against our planes we will destroy them without the slightest hesitation," Lieberman said on Israeli public radio.

As the Donald Trump administration shapes its Mideast policies, the front against Iran is becoming clearer by the day.

Last week at the 53rd Munich Security Conference, Turkey, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Iran all issued important messages.

The Turkish ambassador to Israel Kemal Ökem has vowed to improve ties with his host country in his first interview with local media. 

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for a pardon for a soldier convicted of manslaughter for killing a wounded Palestinian.

Elor Azaria, 19 at the time, shot Abdul Fatah al-Sharif, 21, in the head while he was lying immobile on a road.

Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Dec. 26 called on French Jews to leave their country to protest a Paris-hosted conference planned for next month aimed at restarting Palestine-Israel peace talks, Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth has reported, according to state-run Anadolu Agency. 

Israel's defense minister says ties between his country and neighboring Cyprus are probably at their best ever.

Avigdor Lieberman said Friday that the two countries are "very, very reliable friends," despite all the political and security problems plaguing the region.

Bilateral cooperation was the focus of talks between visiting Defense Minister Panos Kammenos and his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman in Israel on Monday.

Both men expressed their satisfaction at the level of cooperation between the two countries and pledged to further strengthen ties.

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said May 4 that he would not join the new coalition government being formed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, citing disputes over legislation.

A two-state solution to the Middle East conflict will be impossible with an Israeli government headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on March 19.        

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Feb. 6 described his country's apology to Turkey as an "enormous mistake," in reference to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to express "regret" in 2013 for a deadly incident in 2010 in which ten Turks were killed by Israeli commandos.