free from dealing with foreign diplomats, Yisrael Beytenu Chairman
Avigdor Lieberman went on the attack against the Israeli media on
Thursday, saying he was unfairly treated in the wake of recent
developments in the corruption case against him. :In Israel, the most basic rule is
that you must not succeed; if you succeed, it means you are guilty,"
Lieberman told participants at the Israel
Association of Entrepreneurs conference in Tel Aviv. "My
message, which can apply for any trade — including politics and
entrepreneurship — that if you want to succeed, have no fear, "he added.
Lieberman named Yedioth Ahronoth
veteran correspondent, Nahum Barnea a 'serial liar' for stuff he wrote on Lieberman in the newspaper.
"A respected journalist, who is an
indefatigable liar, Nahum Barnea, said in an article two days ago that
Danny Ayalon got the boot as deputy foreign minister, and then when the
police said they would summon the Foreign Ministry Staffing Committee
employees for questioning he was reinstated," Lieberman said. "Barnea
wrote this to imply that if Ayalon was fired and then re-appointed his
testimony would be distorted in my favor," he continued, stating
that "Ayalon was not fired, he is simply not part of our Knesset
candidate list [for the upcoming elections]."
"I would be very happy if Barnea sues me for defamation
and for destroying his good name because then the courts, not just
myself, would call him the biggest liar in the Israeli press," Lieberman concluded.