Jerusalem – Israel’s foreign minister has dropped his deputy, known for international incidents, from his list of candidates for Israel’s January 22 election.
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Danny Ayalon made headlines during a diplomatic spat with Turkey in 2010, when he forced the Turkish ambassador to sit on a low stool as an insult, and saw to it that the scene was televised. The maneuver worsened the crisis between the two nations. Ayalon eventually apologized.
When Foreign Avigdor Lieberman, head of their party, read his list of candidates for parliament on Tuesday, Ayalon was not on it, party spokesman Tal Nahum said.
Lieberman’s Yisrael Beitenu Party is running on a joint list with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud. Polls indicate the combined list will finish first, and Netanyahu will remain in his post.
Unfortunately, Lieberman is not much better than Ayalon and he too is regarded a a joke by most global leaders. He routinely contradicted Netanyahu on critical foreign policy issues and often demonstrated a total lack of knowledge on the issues he was supposed to be addressing. Unfortunately, in EY, cabinent appoinments are purely political with no requirement for substantive area knowledge as demonstrated over and over by Lieberman, Litzman and other political hacks who were required by coaltion politics.
I think Danny ayalon was a great spokes person.
Probably people didn;t like him casue he said the truth.
There is no comparison between Liberman and Ayalon. Period!