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Shas chairman Aryeh Deri

Shas chairman Aryeh Deri has announced he intends to resign his seat in the Knesset to make way for other party members. Deri, who serves as Interior Minister and Minister of Development of the Negev and Galilee, will retain both positions in the cabinet.

The hareidi-religious Sephardic politician is not the first to take this position, which became possible following the relatively recent passage of a law allowing ministers to retain their government posts while resigning as Knesset members.

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The measures allows other party members to enter the government, thus strengthening the parties’ positions in the Knesset.


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Hana Levi Julian is a Middle East news analyst with a degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Southern Connecticut State University. A past columnist with The Jewish Press and senior editor at Arutz 7, Ms. Julian has written for Babble.com, Chabad.org and other media outlets, in addition to her years working in broadcast journalism.