He resigned after being charged with breach of trust in a financial scandal investigation.
Originally, police had been planning to press charges of money laundering and bribery.
Police say they switch to the lesser charge, due to lack of evidence.
Lieberman says he will fight to clear his name of the charges, and that he hopes to do so in time for the national elections, in which he is a candidate.
The elections are set to take place, January 22, 2013.
He leads the second largest party in Israel, Yisrael Beitenu, which is allied to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud.
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