Israel top court orders Netanyahu to remove key minister
- Middle East
- AFP
- Published Date: 05:53 | 18 January 2023
- Modified Date: 05:53 | 18 January 2023
Israel's top court said Wednesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must remove a minister in his newly formed government who was convicted of tax evasion last year.
Netanyahu returned to power last month and made Aryeh Deri, head of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish party Shas, health and interior minister, but in a 10-1 ruling the Supreme Court said "the prime minister must remove Deri from his position."