Aryeh Deri
The proposed amendment is meant to reverse the recent Supreme Court ruling forcing the Shas leader from the Cabinet.
“Are 11 or 10 judges more reasonable than 63 Knesset members who were lawfully elected?” Aryeh Deri asked.
The Shas Party leader will retain his title of vice premier after being stripped of his ministerial roles. Benjamin Netanyahu says he will seek “any legal way” for Deri to “continue to contribute to the State of Israel.”
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara informed the prime minister that he must abide by Wednesday’s Supreme Court decision.
“The court threw into the trash the votes of 400,000 voters,” the Shas Party said.
Numerous NGOs are opposing the Shas party leader’s appointment as both interior and health minister due to his past criminal convictions.
Brothers Maher and Karim Younis murdered Cpl. Avraham Bromberg on his way home in 1980 • Karim was released from prison on Thursday.
Religious Zionism Party head Bezalel Smotrich and Shas leader Aryeh Deri insisted the law pass before the new government was sworn in.
Levin’s election as Knesset speaker clears the way for ‘Deri, Ben-Gvir Bills’
The legislation clarifying the status of the Shas and Otzma Yehudit leaders is vital for the formation of the new government.
The Jerusalem-born justice was head of the committee investigating the Mount Meron stampede and a member of the panel of judges that convicted Shas leader Aryeh Deri.
Shas Party leader urges MKs to support the measure to break Israel’s political stalemate • Yair Lapid calls to form “Israeli unity government.”
Having seen it all during his 30 years in politics, Aryeh Deri shares his predictions as to what the March 23 election has in store for Israel.
