Liberman warns opposition: One of you will save Netanyahu

Yisrael Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Liberman published a sharp attack today (Sunday) against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, ahead of the PM's 77th birthday this week. Liberman called for an end to Netanyahu's political career, claimed the prime minister has grown weak, and accused him of trying to secure his survival by forming a unity government after the elections.

"The end of the Netanyahu era," Liberman opened. "This week Bibi will turn 77, and the election result must be the end of his era in Israeli politics."

He claimed Netanyahu has lost his political independence and has been forced to surrender to pressure from his coalition partners.

"Bibi is weaker than he has ever been. He has become a hostage in the hands of draft dodgers and in the hands of a handful of anarchists who are damaging the settlement enterprise and destroying Israel's last bastions of support around the world, first and foremost in the United States," he wrote.

According to Liberman, Netanyahu's weakness is not confined to the political system but also affects the functioning of the state and the daily lives of Israeli citizens.

"Bibi is weak, and he is making the State of Israel weak. Our reality has become chaos, the instability and inability to plan life, not only at the state level but at the level of every single citizen, are turning Israeli reality into something murky and uncertain," he claimed.

According to him, the prime minister understands his political situation and is hoping that one of the opposition bloc parties will agree to join him in a unity government.

Netanyahu on The Patriots program ( Aloni Mor/Flash90)

"He understands this and is very much counting on a unity government, in which someone from the bloc of those who serve will come to save him. He will promise half the kingdom and more, but as always, in the end he'll betray," Liberman warned.

With these words, the Yisrael Beiteinu chairman also directed a message to his potential partners in forming a future government, warning them against the possibility of joining a Netanyahu-led government, even if they are offered significant political compensation.

Toward the end, Liberman shifted from attacking Netanyahu to issuing a call directed at the leaders of the four parties he defines as part of the "bloc of those who serve." According to him, they must present a unified message to the voting public and focus on increasing voter turnout.

"We can win, and win big, despite all the polls. The message of the leaders of the four parties in the bloc of those who serve must be unified: we must achieve higher voter turnout than ever, and not vote for atmosphere parties and not waste votes," he wrote.

He concluded his statement with a call to vote only for one of the four parties he referenced: "Vote only for one of the four parties. If we do that, we'll win big."