Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu with Interior and Health Minister Arie Dery, January 8, 2023. RONEN ZVULUN/ Portal
DECRYPTION – The judges ruled that Arie Deri, leader of the Shas party, could not be given a ministerial portfolio due to a fraud conviction.
A new step was taken in Israel on Wednesday, January 18, in the battle between the judiciary and Benjamin Netanyahu. By invalidating the appointment of a heavyweight in its government, the Supreme Court sent the Prime Minister a clear message of independence.
“The Supreme Court has ruled that the appointment of MP Arie Deri as Minister of the Interior and Health cannot be confirmed,” the Supreme Court said in a press release. “This man was convicted three times in his life; he has failed in his duty to serve the public interest loyally and honestly,” she said. “Putting Deri at the head of two of the government’s key ministries damages the image and reputation of the country’s judicial system and runs counter to the principles of legality,” the country’s highest judicial body continues, before finally stating: “The prime minister must.” dismiss him” because it is not “reasonable” to have him in…
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