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Shas minister quits as MK, making way for another party member
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleShas leader and interior minister Aryeh Deri resigns from his position as an MK, making way for another party member to enter the Knesset.
“I decided to resign from the Knesset for the good of the young guard,” Deri tells a meeting of his faction on the first day of parliament’s winter session, Israel National News reports.
The so-called “Norwegian Law” allows one minister from each coalition party to resign their Knesset seat. Under Israeli law, the prime minister is the only cabinet member required to be a serving parliamentarian.
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