JERUSALEM POST
Liberman won’t start a war tomorrow
by Yaakov Lappin
May 31, 2016

Contrary to past rhetoric and despite fears expressed by some of his opponents, Israel’s next defense minister, Avigdor Liberman, will not have the authority to lead Israel into conflict should he wish to and, in any case, he is unlikely to try and push national policy in that direction any time soon. Liberman will be sworn in at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on Tuesday and be greeted by an IDF honor guard. Soon after the formalities are over, he will begin a series of in-depth briefings with the IDF General Staff, and receive access to the most classified, sensitive assessments and intelligence, which shed much light on Israel’s complex, sensitive security reality…When it comes to action, Israel’s defense policies are set, first and foremost, by the prime minister not the defense minister. READ MORE