Netanyahu ally not allowed to serve as cabinet minister

*Israel's top court ruled 10-1 on Wednesday that Aryeh Deri, leader of the Shas party and a key ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, should not be allowed to serve as a cabinet minister because of a February 2022 conviction for tax fraud.*

This could make that authoritarian coalition fall apart. Or perhaps Netanyahu and Shas could settle on some other person to appoint. However, if Deri is motivated by personal ambition, giving that ministry to anyone else would not satisfy him.