Using his Facebook page to send a message to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid writes “Mr. Prime Minister, you won big time in the election and now, all of us, coalition and opposition, must return to work for the good of the State of Israel”.
Lapid continues, asking Mr. Netanyahu how he can make peace with appointing Aryeh Deri as minister of the Interior, since the post involves responsibility for billions of shekels. He copies an excerpt from Deri’s conviction, where the court cites the severity of his bribery conviction. He explains it was not a one-time incident but one whose entire political career was built on bribery, adding the court verdict cites there was bribery during Deri’s five years of public service in various tasks.
Don’t place the public’s coffer in the hand of a man like this Mr. Prime Minister”, Lapid adds.
Shas officials responded, referring to Lapid as the worst finance minister in the state’s history, asking how one such as himself dares to give mussar to others after he left tens of thousands of families without bread to eat.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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if ywn needs a proofreader i’m available
i’ll even do it for free
Sore Loser…..
unfortunatly he has a point. a man to sat in prison for corruption should not be appointed as a minister especially not the same office that he abused.
that’s better
“קבל האמת ממי שאמרה”
No difference if he has a point or not he should not try to dictate israel like he’s being a dictator in his party there’s laws in israel so if you complain about the law one thing but he can’t demand that bibi shouldn’t take deri as minister because he doesn’t like the law.
“he can’t demand that bibi shouldn’t take deri as minister because he doesn’t like the law”
Other party leaders are trying to dictate to Netanyahu, too. And the person who doesn’t like the law — both secular law and Torah law — is Deri! Taking bribes is asur and when a supposedly religious Jew does that it is a chilul HaShem.
Reality check: Aryeh Deri was framed by his political opposition. He is utterly honest.
voseppes – and I have a bridge to sell you…
an Israeli Yid
1. Deri wasn’t accused of taking bribes. He was accused of spending money to benefit yeshivos that wasn’t appropriated for that purpose. That’s a serious crime in Israel since its considered to be wasting public funds. They dropped the “quid pro quo” when they discovered that what they called a bribe was a “Yissichar and Zevulon” relationship that predated public life and included years when he wasn’t a minister.
2. All politicians make unreasonable demands in coalition negotiations. It’s called haggling. IF they wanted a “fixed price” system they would adopt the American/French/Russian style “strong president” system. In a parliamentary system with proportional representation, forming a coalition is part of the game.
3. If Lapid was serious, he would offer to join the government as “Sar bli tik” (minister without portfolio, and without patronage), while agreeing to give up on criminal sanctions (during the campaign he said he wasn’t really in favor of mass arrests), on condition that the hareidi parties even if joining the government don’t get any ministries (Yahadut ha-Torah would agree, Shas perhaps not). The truth is Lapid isn’t serious.