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- Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli mocked Yisrael Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Liberman’s Russian accent, prompting racism accusations.
- Avigdor Liberman condemned the imitation, saying it demeaned over one million Russian-speaking Israelis.
- Vladimir Beliak (Yesh Atid) posted a video labeling Chikli a coward and racist.
- Chikli refused to apologise and asked Liberman whether he would apologise for calling Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an ‘idiot’.