Arye Deri, a former interior minister, has been convicted of accepting bribes.

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But, according to Dr Arye Carmon, the president of the Israel Democracy Institute, the resulting fragmentation is too high a price to pay.

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Also with George Segal, Christopher Rydell, and Arye Gross.

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The suspicion was that Arye Deri, the leader of Shas (then part of the Likud coalition), who at the time was facing trial for bribery and fraud, would be pardoned if Mr Bar-On had the job.

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