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The Israeli Supreme Court's decision to prevent the appointment of Aryeh Deri, the leader of the "Haredi" Shas party, to any ministry portfolio in the Israeli government, and to cancel his appointment to the ministries of interior and health in the new Israeli government, carried messages about the future of the government coalition and the intensification of the conflict between the executive authority and the judiciary.

The Supreme Court ruled, by a majority of 10 judges to one, to cancel Deri’s appointment to any ministerial position in the government, which obliges Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to dismiss his most important strategic ally, who heads one of the most important parties in the government coalition and has 11 seats in the Knesset, in the event that Deri did not submit his resignation himself.

The decision of the Supreme Court puts Netanyahu in front of a constitutional impasse, as it deepens the crisis of the political and partisan scene in Israel, and puts Netanyahu's sixth government at stake, surrounding the fog about the new government coalition that has the support of 64 Knesset members.

It will be necessary for Netanyahu to remove Deri, who was convicted of corruption and charges of tax evasion, from his ministerial position, and in return seek to appoint him as the alternative prime minister, a procedure fraught with legislative and constitutional complications, and in need of legislation requiring the government to re-swear the oath and gain the confidence of the Knesset again.

Netanyahu faces political and judicial scenarios to override the Supreme Court’s decision without dissolving his government. On the legal side, there is no option but to resign Deri and step down from his ministerial position in the ministries of interior and health, noting that the “Basic Law of the Government” prohibits the appointment of a person convicted of corruption and criminal charges to a ministerial position, without To be prohibited from assuming the post of alternate prime minister.

On the political level, the Supreme Court's decision will have repercussions on the Israeli partisan political scene, as the decision will spark a fierce war against the Supreme Court by the government and right-wing parties, as the war will not be limited to reforms in the judicial system that are being driven by Justice Minister Yariv Levin.

Netanyahu fears the repercussions of the Supreme Court’s decision, as he is recorded in the history of Israeli politics as the first prime minister who did not abide by the court’s decision. Accordingly, Netanyahu is conducting urgent consultations with the coalition partners and the Shas party in order to reach understandings that will keep the government in the event that Deri resigns from his ministerial position.


Crack and struggle

Political and partisan affairs analyst Muhammad Majadleh believes that the Supreme Court's decision includes the initial rift in the Netanyahu government, but it will not lead to the overthrow of the government, since the current coalition sees the Supreme Court as an opponent seeking to undermine and bring it down, and therefore will not give the court a gift on a plate of gold.

With regard to the judicial scenarios before Netanyahu, Majadleh confirmed to Al-Jazeera Net that the decision of the Supreme Court is binding on the government, which means that Deri is required to resign from his ministerial position or Netanyahu will have to dismiss him, and in the event of rebellion against the decision, it will be a first precedent in the history of Israeli politics that the government does not adhere to a decision Supreme Court, and this will put Netanyahu in a constitutional impasse.

The analyst of political and partisan affairs explained that theoretically the executive authority - that is, the government - could not implement the decision, but in practice it cannot do so, and Deri must step down from his ministerial position.


options and scenarios

On the political level, he reviewed the argument for the scenarios presented to Netanyahu and the Likud, which is conducting extensive consultations in an effort to bypass the decision or try to circumvent the Supreme Court’s decision, by appointing Deri as an alternative prime minister, not a minister, and this also needs some amendments that enjoy the support and consensus of the government coalition.

Although the Supreme Court's decision does not pose a threat to the possibility of the collapse of the new Israeli government, according to the argument, it puts Netanyahu in a major dilemma to maintain the durability of his sixth government, as well as to maintain his alliance with the ultra-Orthodox parties and Deri in particular.

Among the options for keeping the government without Deri and in partnership with Shas, Majdaleh favors a negotiation track that requires the appointment of Yankee Deri as minister to succeed his father, who cannot continue his position of minister in the current government, and focuses on appointing Deri's son as a minister, as he is the only way out for Netanyahu to maintain the stability of his government.


ignore and bypass

Nahami Dweik, a judicial affairs analyst and program presenter on the "Knesset Channel", believes that Netanyahu cannot ignore the Supreme Court's decision, because his approach and dealing with the decision will be a model for imitation in the Israeli political and societal scene.

Dweck indicated to Al-Jazeera Net that any disregard and transgression by the prime minister of the Supreme Court's decision would create a state of chaos in Israeli society, and the message would be that even an ordinary citizen is allowed to disrespect the decisions of the courts and the judiciary.

But Deri, who always has a lot of ideas and proposals to overcome crises, says the judicial affairs analyst, "he hints in the Shas movement that" Moshe Bar Siman Tov "will be appointed Minister of Health, and that Yankee, Deri's son, will be appointed Minister of the Interior, as these procedures - on Even though it's legal - it stinks and stinks."


 reforms and legislation

At the same time, and as part of the all-out war between the government and the Supreme Court in the context of reforms in the judiciary, Dweik does not rule out that the government coalition will initiate a broad and lightning campaign of legislation to achieve the possibility of reappointing Deri as minister, even if this possibility is slim.

Dweck suggested that there is still a long way to go in order to stabilize the Netanyahu government against the backdrop of the Supreme Court's decision, as it can be certain that Deri will not return to the current government in his capacity as a minister.

Thus, in order to appoint Deri as an alternative prime minister, which is being considered by the Likud and Shas, Dweck says, "The government must resign and take the oath again before the Knesset, and this is not a simple procedure."