Israeli rock star Gidi Gov apologized for mocking Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman's Russian accent on his radio program on Tuesday. "I apologize for insulting Russian speakers- that was not my intention," said Gov.
Gov had disparaged Liberman as "a new immigrant" and imitated his accent as part of his protest of Liberman's order forbidding Army Radio from playing songs written by Yehonatan Geffen after he compared soldier-slapping teen Ahad Tamimi to Anne Frank.