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Lieberman: Egypt is lying to Israel and working against our interests
By Shahar Ilan, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Israeli Arabs, Israel 

Yisrael Beiteinu Chairman Avigdor Lieberman on Monday unleashed harsh criticism at Egypt over the way it has dealt with the breached Gaza Strip border, accusing it of lying to Israel and working against Jerusalem's interests.

"The time has come for us to tell Egypt that we will begin to work to remove it from the list of the U.S.' preferred state," the former minister told Knesset members on Monday. Egypt is "lying in our faces," he added.

Lieberman also slammed Israeli Arab MKs, saying they are in the Knesset representing terrorist groups.
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During a debate on a motion of no-confidence, introduced by his Yisrael Beiteinu faction, Lieberman turned to the Israeli Arab MKs and said, "you are bringing about the destruction of Israel's Arabs. You do not represent them. You represent terrorist organizations.

"Three Arab members of Knesset went to George Habash's funeral," he said, referring to the founder of the Marxist Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), who was buried in Jordan on Monday.

"The fact that the legal system does not know how to deal with them is a badge of shame for them. I have seen Israeli Arab leaders going to show solidarity with resident of Gaza and Hamas. I have not seen them showing solidarity with residents of Sderot."

Lieberman's comments apparently awakened no ire in the Knesset plenum where he spoke, apparently due to the absence of Israeli Arab MKs from the session.

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      1.   he`s right 19:04  |  Terence 28/01/08
      2.   Egyptian State-controlled Paper PRAISED TEL AVIV BOMBING 19:34  |  Linda Rivera 28/01/08
      3.   Egypt PREPARING for WAR Against Israel 19:37  |  Linda Rivera 28/01/08
      4.   sarah 19:48  |  and?? 28/01/08
      5.   Agree with #1 and Why are there Arab spies and cohorts in the 19:52  |  JB 28/01/08
      6.   Somebody is telling the truth about those two-faced Egyptians 20:38  |  Marcus 28/01/08
      7.   to #3 Linda Rivera 21:06  |  John 28/01/08
      8.   Careful, Mubarak - he`s going to set the US Jewish Lobby on you 21:15  |  Clickfool 28/01/08
      9.   Right or wrong, he`s not in the gov`t any more 21:46  |  Softwalker 28/01/08
      10.   John from LA lecturing Linda from NY on Israel 21:51  |  Ha! 28/01/08
      11.   Click selectively avoided the identity of Hamas and Egyptians 21:58  |  Ferragamo 28/01/08
      12.   So the former Minister for Startegic Threats 22:20  |  Chris Linthwaite 28/01/08
      13.   #3, Clickfool is dead wrong 22:45  |  David 28/01/08
      14.   more of the buffoonery of rice and egypts role at the border 23:16  |  v hardman 28/01/08
      15.   Lieberman scares me 23:42  |  pal 28/01/08
      16.   #15 will this finally bring the arabs to their senses pal? 00:26  |  v hardman 29/01/08
      17.   a massacre avoided 00:47  |  ruth goodman 29/01/08
      18.   Good one, Ferragamo! (#11) 02:08  |  Polybios 29/01/08
      19.   don`t worry about lieberman, he is just a BS 02:12  |  Zaki 29/01/08
      20.   Those disagreeing with Lieberman must explain explosives in Sinai 02:15  |  Dr. L. Brnd 29/01/08
      21.   May The Memory Of George Habash z"l Be For Blessing 02:43  |  Satmar Hasid 29/01/08
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