Netanyahu, Lieberman join forces for Israel poll: reports

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will join forces with his ultra-nationalist Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman for a January 22 general election, media reported on Thursday.

Netanyahu and Lieberman, the respective leaders of the Likud and Yisrael Beitenu parties, would officially announce their decision to run on the same list in Jerusalem at 8:00 pm (1800 GMT) on Thursday, the reports said.