During a meeting on Sunday, 13 Sivan in the Prime Minister’s Residence, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu accused Yisrael Beitenu party leader Avigdor Lieberman of stealing right-wing votes. He explained that while coalition negotiations were taking place, Lieberman was speaking about joining a left-wing coalition and if right-wing voters would have been aware of today’s realities when they voted, they would not have voted Yisrael Beitenu.
In response, Yisrael Beitenu released a statement that the prime minister does not have the right to speak on behalf of either the right-wing or nationalist camp.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Lieberman hardly “stole” right wing votes. Based on the results, Lieberman may have attracted some centrist votes, but chased right wing voters to Likud, especially among right-wing ultra-secularists who decided that they are more scared of Labor the the Hareidim.