weinstein will put everyone in jail and beilin will run things,g-d forbid

in the struggle against left wing tyranny.

although i have another opinion than avigdor lieberman, he is innocent untill proven guilty in a fair trial, with legal and convincing evidence, with an independant judge/court.

there are times in a country when it needs brave compatriots. In world war ll, many jews did not know how to defend themselves, were afraid of breaking the law and using guns and paid for it. Liberman has been singular like begin and shamir in defending israel's right to be here and not back up one inch whereas livni and barak cower before tsuamis or bibi shivers before obama. And weinstein applied the legal test on lieberman knowing full well that he and his predecessors mazuz cannot defend israel against its enemies. Liberman leaves israe with one arm tied behind its back. Barak is afraid of land battles, bibi is not bad but can't take pressure, livni is an olmert coward, and mofaz is a lousy general who rode yaalon's coattails to fame. When the going gets tough, watch, barak will step down and yaalon will ride to the rescue much as dayan came to eshkol's rescue in 67 or sharon to elazar's rescue in 73. Weinstein whose colleagues protect olmert forever to keep him out of jail, indict the one israeli who has ice in his veins and who the arabs and erdgoan fear. He is worth 2 divisions to israel. The arabs are rejoicing and planning with iran the final solution. Thank you, weinstein.

To an outsider it looks that the country is ran by the Attorney General who keeps politicians in line by constantly investigating them.

Tanya you know the biggest problem stopping peace here is that there is only one viewpoint and that is the far right. When people learn to accept others and Jews that think differently, then maybe , just maybe something positive will begin to happen.We seem to forget history very quickly and what we went through and yet we are quite prepared to do it to others. Everyones blood runs red and a grave is a grave whether here or on the other side.

How to explain all this corruption in the higher echelons of governement ?

It sounds as if Lieberman will be tried, convicted and jailed while the crook and weasling Olmert remains free as a bird. Something is crooked in Israel and it may not be Lieberman.

Ian, we on the right need your help. Please tell us how left wingers, such as yourself, find it so easy to embrace those whose sworn goal is to kill us all, just because we are Jews ? How does the left give a pass to those who are killing its people, yet whine and cry against those who want to defend all citizens, including leftist like yourself?

The guy is obnoxious, rude and has zero class. And now he is a criminal. He has badly hurt Israel's image in the world. Get rid of him.

what John Gotti is to Albert Einstein. What a choice for Foreign Minister! Lieberman doesn't represent Jewish power... he represents someone you would hide in a closet!

Mr. Lieberman is denied a fair trial in Israel because of the Media prejudice.

Mazel Tov!!

Where can I find the text of Lieberman's speech at the YB party convention ? All "criminal charges" against him are nothing compared to the importance of the strategy for Israel's survival, as it outlined in his speech.

It's so true. The difference is that we are a constitutional republic, Israel is a transient democrazy. A "democracy" is only supposed to act as a transitional phase to the more sophisticated and grounded system of a federal republic where people are governed by a document at the bottom line...not by people and the whims of the emotions of the "majority"...lest it be less than 1%. Israel is mob-rule: indictments being handed down every five minutes, shaming the nation with internal game playing and bogus claims from an opposition. Leiberman just extended the opportunity to "Livni" to help formulate a final status solution with pestine and she refused. Could u imagine the chutzpah!!!? To top it off she said the only way to reach an agreement with the pals would be through an election!??? In other words: she thinks SHE would win (LOL!) and work a miracle. Just pathetic. Indeed Israel IS or has become...a banana republic. And it's so sad. Yes, the not so smart pals whipped Israel through BS, lies and "victimhood" but in the end, the dirt always settles and the truth comes out. Livni is an egomaniac and the Israeli left has gotten more Jews and other nationals killed than you could shake a stick at. It's so sad to see our opportunity after 2,000 years, be so fraught with in-fighting, immaturity and basic stupidity. So sad.

It is really simple. There are crooks among left wing people and there are crooks among right wing ones. These groups are approximately equal (human nature is similar). Now, we know, that almost all prosecutions aimed at the right camp (are they not?). It means only one thing, prosecutors are crooks.

Hope he gets a long custodial sentence. Maybe he can share a cell with Katsav.

#28 sees corruption is the reason for the legal issue and the article, the "complains" in the talk backs are all off topic. Corruption and bribery have LONG been an issue in Israel's gov't...From Rabin, Sharon and his son Omri, Olmert, Finance Minister Hirchman, Ezer Weizman, Ehud Barak.....Katzav. However, with this long of an "investigation" dragging on- I agree with another poster here that this is more likey an attempt to get Leiberman out of office because he says what he means-means what he says-and doesn't play into the the politically correct nonsense and won't play footsie with Israel's enemies. He has a backbone and stands on his convictions. Israel needs a leader that will stand up and LEAD and DEFEND the country and stop worrying about poll, what the news reports will say, what the UN will say, etc...no matter what Israel does, "they" will complain so stop the non-sense that is only making matters worse. It's like watching toddlers on a playground.

First of all who says I am a left winger, is that by default or by definition, because I have a differing view point to you and I say enough with killing or is it because you find it difficult to give the Palestinians self determination? Is'nt that what we have sought for many years? For the sake of argument who says anyone gets a pass for killing innocent people. Did I say that? I don't think so.And Lee you are American, right, you have your own pandora's box sitting right on your doorstep.Has'nt the American Army killed many dozens of innocent people in Iraq and Afgahnistan, even murder. Get your house in order before you preach.

Lock him up for a long long time - filthy animal

ANOTHER embarrassment to Israel. He should be thrown out of the MFA, thrown out of the Knesset and stay at home until he is put behind bars. the man is a crook.

ALL Media space. Ynet included.

investigated suddenly for double billing on trips. and, after a decade, suddenly lieberman is criminally charged. bill clinton tried to force bibi out when clinton was president and bibi was pm. oybama and hillary want a pal state, and see bibi and lieberman standing in their way. oybama, the great anti-semite, will do anything for his muslim brothers--all at israel's expense in its struggle for survival.

Ever since the jews abandoned the torah and talmud and fell for the revolution instead of gradual change over many years as in collectivisatiobn rather than cooperatives over fifteen generations the russian jews have developed epigenetic characteristics of ruthlessness and crudeness