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Monday, January 11, 2016
From the Liveblog of
Monday, January 11, 2016
Knesset votes 54-43 to approve Aryeh Deri as interior minister
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleShas party chairman MK Aryeh Deri won the Knesset’s approval moments ago to be appointed Israel’s next interior minister.
The Knesset plenum votes 54 to 43 to approve the government’s request to allow the appointment, hours after the High Court of Justice rejects a petition asking to stay the appointment while appeals are filed against it.
Deri left the post of interior minister in 1993 under a cloud of corruption allegations. He was later convicted of bribery, and lost his final appeal in 2000, beginning a 22-month prison term.
His appointment is being challenged in the High Court by the Movement for Quality Government.
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