Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s inking of an agreement to bring the party of ultranationalist Avigdor Lieberman into the ruling coalition on Wednesday stokes “fears of a lurch to the right and a possible hardening of Israeli policies toward the Palestinians,” the FT (paywall) reports. “If [Lieberman’s] historical record is worth anything at all, it’s a cause of concern,” said Mark Heller, a research fellow in regional politics at the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University, according to Bloomberg. Lieberman once suggested bombing the Aswan dam, talk that is unlikely to “grease the wheels” and see Egypt mediate between Israelis and Palestinians.