One of Israel’s most controversial politicians, former deputy prime minister Avigdor Lieberman, has been invited to London next month by Keren Kayemet L’Yisrael and the Israel Business Club, in an attempt to spark debate that will assist fundraising.
“Many of the members of the Israeli and the Jewish community in London, who are likely to donate money, do actually agree with Lieberman’s opinions,” said Dubi Bergman, KKL’s representative in London.
Avigdor Lieberman: visit planned to spark political debate
The comments of the Russian-born Knesset member, now head of the right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party, such as his idea to transfer to the Palestinian territories Israeli Arabs who do not feel a connection with Israel, to give them a “loyalty test”, and a remark about Arab MKs being “collaborators”, have turned him into a controversial figure.
But Mr Bergman said: “The goal of this visit is to bring influential Israeli and British people together and to let Mr Lieberman tell them about Israel’s political and security condition today and the solutions as he sees them.
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