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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel Supreme Court Tells Netanyahu He Must Fire Minister

Israel's Interior and Health Minister Aryeh Deri (C) reacts as he sits between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Justice Minister Yariv Levin (L) during a weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, on January 8, 2023. (AFP)

Israel's Supreme Court ordered Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday to remove a senior minister over a past tax fraud conviction, in a setback for the new right-wing coalition government. 

The 10-to-one ruling on Shas party leader Aryeh Deri looks likely to further stoke tensions between the Cabinet and Israel's Supreme Court over government reform plans which aim to rein in the top court. 

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