High Court's Deri decision: Israel's domestic crisis just got more toxic - analysis

The High Court of Justice's decision pulled a scab off a deep societal wound that has never healed, and it's a wound that helps explain Shas' strength and longevity.

Prime Minister and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu seen after a meeting with Shas head Aryeh Deri outside his home in Jerusalem on January 18, 2023

(photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)

ByHERB KEINON

JANUARY 18, 2023 20:52

Updated: JANUARY 18, 2023 21:15

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