Israel’s attorney general has told PM Netanyahu he must fire a key Cabinet ally, in a letter made public, following a Supreme Court ruling that disqualified him from serving as a government minister.
, in a letter made public Thursday, following a Supreme Court ruling that disqualified him from serving as a government minister.
Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that Deri, a longtime Netanyahu ally who leads the government’s third-largest party, cannot serve as a Cabinet minister because of a conviction for tax offenses. The court said Netanyahu must fire him. Deri currently serves as Interior and Health Minister. It wasn’t immediately clear whether Netanyahu would abide by the court ruling. But as the dust settled a bit Thursday, commentators said they expected Netanyahu to fire Deri and for the new government to somehow survive his absence.Netanyahu’s ultranationalist and ultra-Orthodox government — the most right-wing in Israeli history -- has made overhauling the country’s judiciary a centerpiece of its agenda.
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