Israel’s Supreme Court has ordered the dismissal of Aryeh Deri, head of the extremist religious party Shas, from his post as Minister of the Interior and Health in the government of Benjamin Netanyahu in connection with his conviction in a tax evasion case. Minister of the Interior and Health in the government of Benjamin Netanyahu in connection with his recent criminal conviction.
And the Supreme Court, in the text of the decision, a copy of which was obtained by a French news agency, said: “The appointment of Deri as Minister of the Interior and Minister of Health “cannot continue with him”, adding: “The majority of the judges decided that this appointment was deeply flawed and unacceptable, and therefore, the prime minister must dismiss My shield from office.
A decision against Aryeh Makhlouf Deri, leader of the Shas party, is likely to shake up Netanyahu’s coalition government and exacerbate already smoldering friction between his government and Israel’s Supreme Court over a controversial judicial reform plan.
Deri was convicted in 2022 for tax evasion, but to avoid jail time he reached an agreement with the court to plead guilty, pay a NIS 180,000 ($50,000) fine and relinquish his seat in the Knesset. who ruled on his tax violations. was forced to retire from politics.
At the end of last month, representatives of the Israeli Knesset approved in three readings a law allowing anyone convicted of a crime and not sentenced to prison to receive a ministerial portfolio, while previously the law prohibited this, and it was clear that the law had been amended. in favor of the representative Aryeh Deri.
Aryeh Deri, a seasoned politician who co-founded the religious extremist Shas party and has served in the Knesset for nearly 30 years, was sworn into the Knesset late last month as Israel’s Minister of Health and Interior within the government. the coalition led by Netanyahu is described as the largest right-wing coalition in Israeli history.
On the other hand, Israel on Thursday released a Palestinian with Israeli citizenship who had spent 40 years in its prisons, while warning that he would not tolerate celebrations glorifying “terrorism” as he describes it. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Club said: “Maher Younes released from prison.” Beersheba in southern Israel.
For its part, the office of Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said: “Maher Younes was released from prison this morning.”
In 1983, Yunus was convicted of killing Israeli soldier Abraham Bromberg in the occupied Golan Heights and had his death sentence commuted to 40 years.
His release came two weeks after the release of his cousin Karim Younes, who spent the same period in prison on the same charges. Hundreds of people gathered to welcome Karim Younes to his village, waving Palestinian flags.
