JERUSALEM: Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon announced his resignation on Friday, after Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu offered his post to hardliner Avigdor Lieberman to expand his governing coalition.

“I told the Prime Minister this morning that due to his conduct in recent developments, and in light of my lack of trust in him, I am resigning from the government and Knesset (parliament) and taking a break from political life,” the former armed forces chief of staff said on Twitter.

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