Isralie Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon announced his resignation yesterday, after Prime Minister Netanyahu offered his post to hardliner Avigdor Lieberman to expand his governing coalition. " I told the prime minister this monring that due to his conduct in recent developments, and in light of my lack of trust in him , I am resigning from the government and parliament and taking a break from political life, "the former armed forces chief of staff said on twitter. Mr.Yaalon's suprise resignation comes two day after former foreign minister Mr.Lieberman said he would be open to bringing his far-right Yisrael Beiteru party into Mr.Netanyahu's coalition if a number of conditions were met,including being named defence minister.AFP