Lieberman "Scoffed"

Seems Avigdor Lieberman sort of blew off the US Ambassador to Israel a while back, on October 25, 2006:-

OUTPOSTS AND SETTLEMENTS

5. (C) The Ambassador emphasized the importance the U.S. attaches to Israeli commitments to President Bush on outposts and settlements. "These are not the main issues (now)," Lieberman responded, expressing his view that the question of outposts and settlements must be considered "together" as part of a final package rather than as a first, one-sided step. Lieberman, who lives in a West Bank settlement, reiterated that Palestinian economic issues are critical, and said that Israeli outposts and settlements provide jobs to Palestinians. He also claimed that Palestinians "like IDF security." The Ambassador underscored that many of the outposts were "illegal" under Israeli law, but Lieberman scoffed that there were only 1,000 illegal houses in the West Bank while there were, he claimed, "100,000 illegal (Arab) houses in the Negev and Galilee." He added that the outposts in the occupied territories were "encouraged -- under the table -- by former PM Sharon" and argued that their removal would provoke internal conflict in Israel without advancing a comprehensive settlement.

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