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Greemt betwe agreement between us. >> reporter: there's 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 that's 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 netanyahu's side, having quit the israeli leader's government saying he was too soft onner e theer terror and caved. >> we are going to develop a governme...

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 netanyahu's likud party, now he says he's 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 april's election, forcing new elections. he is one more obstacle standing between netanyahu and an election victory. netanyahu heads home t...