Since his reelection in January, Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, has been unchallenged-and seemingly unchallengeable. But this may change with the expected return to government of Avigdor Lieberman, the populist leader of a far-right mainly Russian immigrant party, Yisrael Beitenu ("Israel Our Home"). On November 6th Mr Lieberman was acquitted by a court in Jerusalem of a series of charges, including fraud and breach of trust. He had also been accused of improperly promoting a foreign-ministry man to be Israel's ambassador to Latvia. Police investigations involved offshore companies, alleged bribes and business tangles in such places as Belarus; Mr Lieberman was originally from Moldova.
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