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By Allyn Fisher-Ilan JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli far-right party leader Avigdor Lieberman, a key ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, will hear on Wednesday whether or not he has been found guilty of corruption. Lieberman's ultra-nationalist Yisrael Beitenu party is so important to Netanyahu that he has kept open the post of foreign minister that Lieberman quit shortly before being indicted. The party has grown into one of Israel's largest political forces on the strength of votes from Lieberman's fellow immigrants from former Soviet republics. The widely read Ynet news Web site said a guilty verdict could spark a "political firestorm" because the party might be destabilized and leave a vacuum in Netanyahu's ruling coalition.More...