Israel’s foreign minister says he plans to end a political alliance with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, <br /><br />Ultra-nationalist Avigdor Lieberman said he and Netanyahu had “significant differences” on many key issues.<br /><br />However, he added his party would stay in the government coalition, meaning he keeps his job as foreign minister.<br /><br />“It’s not a secret, unfortunately, that differences between the prime minister and me have lately become substantial and fundamental. They no longer enable the existence of a joint framework,” Lieberman said.<br /><br />The two men merged their parties ahead of a 2013 national election to work together as a dominant right-wing bloc, giving them a two seat majority.<br /><br />Since then, Lieberman has called for a ground invasion of Gaza whereas Netanyahu has favoured air strikes.<br /><br />Although the coalition stays in place for now, it will make it much more difficult for Netanyahu to pass any new policies through his Cabinet.
