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Deri, Smotrich sit down together as both eye job of finance minister
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Bezalel Smotrich (second from left) talks to Aryeh Deri (right) at the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 6, 2021. (Alex Kolomoisky/POOL)
Shas chief Aryeh Deri and Religious Zionism head Bezalel Smotrich sit down together as both are reportedly gunning to become finance minister in the next government.
Deri — a former interior minister who was convicted of corruption two decades ago and resigned from the Knesset earlier this year as part of an unrelated plea agreement — has told prime minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu that he wants to be finance minister, which is considered a senior ministerial position.
Smotrich has had his eye on the Defense Ministry, which Netanyahu is reportedly against, or the Finance Ministry.
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