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Liberman: Arab MK 'must be thrown out of Knesset'

Despite heading a small opposition party, former Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman continues to attack the government and shows no intention of joining the coalition.
Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman attends a meeting with the business community in Uganda's capital Kampala, September 10, 2009. Lieberman, accompanied by business and military delegation, is on an official African visit to Ethiopia, Kenya, Ghana, Uganda, and Nigeria. REUTERS/James Akena (UGANDA POLITICS BUSINESS) - RTR27O1U
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With the Israeli flag behind him, Yisrael Beitenu Chair Avigdor Liberman holds up a red-lettered banner screeching, “Throw Haneen Zoabi out of the Knesset — now!” in the opening of the video clip launching Liberman' new public campaign. The tacky-looking clip, filmed in the party chairman’s office in the Knesset, is designed to bring about the removal from Israel's parliament of both Arab Knesset member Zoabi and her Balad Party, one of the Arab parties that makes up the Joint List.

With no special effects or sophisticated graphics, in front of a shaky camera, Liberman addresses the public while grasping the sign in both hands. He calls on listeners to pressure Knesset members and ministers — mainly from right-wing and ultra-Orthodox parties — to support a bill he proposed, nicknamed the "Zoabi law."

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