Voting Lieberman News Today

Benjamin netanyahu is playing both sides internationally, making a lightning-fast trip to meet with vladimir putin to tout their relationship. >> reporter: while iran and security topped the official agenda, analysts say theres another reason for a quick trip out of the country, just days before ballots are cast. netanyahu is pushing for the russian vote in israel. immigrants from the former soviet union make up 15% of israels population. a vote thats generally in the hands of this man. original...

Connected to all kinds of corruption. >> reporter: lieberman refused to join with netanyahu in aprils elections, forcing new elections. with renewed popularity, hes one more obstacle standing between netanyahu and an election night victory. netanyahu heads home after this trip to take control of the headlines again. his big announcements this week did not go as he had planned. after he said israel had discovered a secret nuclear base in iran, president trump said he would be willing to meet the ...

The appeal he wants. >> translator: the joint interest is secularism. they feel the country is changes. and they feel the religious population is becoming a majority, and more and more dominant. and it scares them, and lieberman tells them, i am holding your flag. >> reporter: the former mayor of tel aviv, once belonged to the likud party, now, is voting lieberman. >> he is the right wing, but not extreme right wing. but moderate right wing on one end. and on the other hand, he is not connected ...

He heads home to try to take control of the spin. after he said there was a secret nuclear base in iran, president trump said he would meet the iranian president. when he said he would annex the west bank, and then, he fired john bolton, one of the closest allies in iran, another blow to netanyahu. >> oren, thank you. a saudi princess is facing legal trouble in france. french court ruled she was complicit in the beating up of a workman in paris. she was found guilty of ordering her bodyguard t...

And caved to the religious. >> i wish we would establish a wide government without radical members of the knesset. >> reporter: polls show netanyahu not getting the party he wants. >> translator: the joint interest is secularism. they feel that the country is changing. and they feel the religious population is becoming a majority. and more and more dominant. and it scares them. and lieberman tells them, i am holding your flag. >> reporter: the former mayor of tel aviv once belonged to netanyahus...

Greemt betwe agreement between us. >> reporter: theres another reason for a quick trip out of the country before ballots are cast. netanyahu is pushing for the russian vote in israel. immigrants from the former soviet union make up 15% of the population, a vote thats generally in the hands of this man, lieberman. he once worked for netanyahu before launching his own party. now, the former defense minister is the secular right-wing thorn in netanyahus side, having quit the israeli leaders governm...

Religious population is becoming a majority and more and more dominant and it scares them and lieberman tells them i am holding your flag. >> reporter: the former mayor of tel aviv, he once belonged to netanyahus likud party, now he says hes voting lieberman. >> he is a right wing but not extreme right wing but more the right wing and on the other end, he is not connected to all kind of corruption. >> reporter: lieberman refused to join with netanyahu in aprils election, forcing new elections. h...