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Lieberman himself flew to Belarus Thursday, thereby quitting the country at a critical stage in the coalition talks. Politicians from across the political spectrum were united in terming this a blatant attempt to flaunt his power: Yisrael Beiteinu, having won 15 seats and become the third-largest party in the Knesset, is the indispensable partner without whom neither Netanyahu nor Kadima chairwoman Tzipi Livni can form a government. Although the party has a negotiating team, it has no authority to make decisions without Lieberman.
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