Avigdor
Lieberman has been Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2009.
Born in the Soviet Union, he moved to Israel as a young man and
quickly became involved in conservative politics; there are
allegations that he was briefly involved in the Kach party, which was
later banned for its racist ideology. In
1999, he founded the secular Zionist party Yisrael Beitenu, whose
base is Lieberman's fellow immigrants from the former Soviet bloc.
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Beitenu saw limited electoral success before the 2009 elections, when
it became a key member of the coalition that propelled Binyamin Netanyahu to the prime ministry, and Lieberman was given a key
position in the government. As Minister
of Foreign Affairs, Lieberman strengthened diplomatic ties with
several countries in Eastern Europe. Concerning the Palestinian
peace process, he insists on the Road map, which calls for the
cessation of Palestinian violence as part of the first tier.
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