Israel's Supreme Court blocks appointment of key Netanyahu ally
Israel's Supreme Court has ruled that a key coalition partner of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cannot serve as a minister because of a recent conviction for tax fraud and suspended sentence./ Judges said the appointment of Aryeh Deri, leader of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, was "extremely unreasonable"./ The justice minister called the ruling "absurd". Shas said it was "political"./ The decision aggravates an already unprecedented clash between the new government and the entire legal system./ The government - the most right-wing in ...
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