Benny Gantz: Bezalel Smotrich's position in Israel's Defense Ministry is a Trojan Horse.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other coalition heads blasted the High Court of Justice ruling on Arye Deri at a special press conference
INSIDE POLITICS: Netanyahu associate: “Anyone who thinks Deri can be extracted from the government... is mistaken. That is the difference between de jure and de facto.”
Discussions within the coalition are ongoing based on the assumption that Shas won't agree to Deri serving as just an MK throughout the Knesset's tenure.
INSIDE POLITICS: The new government spent its first week initiating its promised reforms and causing its prime minister no shortage of headaches.
The legal clouds hovering over Netanyahu might be a stain on his decisions, but they don't mean this gov't lacks the right to govern.
"Ministerial success is not always politically rewarding," according to Shaked, who also estimates that housing prices will moderate and maybe decrease this year.
Most of the Israeli public felt the Likud gave too many concessions in the negotiations leading up to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government.
Baharav-Miara, according to Israeli media, will object to the appointment of Deri due to his past criminal convictions, but will not oppose the amendment to the Basic Law.
The letter was sent to Netanyahu behalf of the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), The Jewish Agency, Keren Hayesod and the World Zionist Organization (WZO).
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