So there is a reasonable suspicion that the incident in which Michael Malkieli, the Shas rep in the Jerusalem City Council who abruptly left a city council meeting right before a vote regarding the extension of approval for the First Station to operate on Shabbos is connected to the investigation into Aryeh Deri. It is suspected that Deri needed Malkieli to not vote against the operation on Shabbos of First Station, so that Aryeh Deri's brother could complete some real estate deal elsewher ein Jerusalem.
However the deal worked, I have no idea, A kablan, the mayor, the Deri family, and Deri's reps in government, all seem to be involved in the deal somehow.
Either way, it is funny to think that Aryeh Deri represents the community's needs when he really just puts his needs first. Instead of having a good chance to stop a large amount of chilul shabbos (which one could debate if it is a good idea or not to stop secular Jews from doing what they want on Shabbos, but the Haredi community largely believes it should be stopped as much as possible), Deri very possibly thwarted it so his brother could get a good real estate deal.
Will the Haredi community continue to defend him valiantly and treat him as a martyr if and when it is discovered and proven that he was throwing them under the bus for his own benefit all this time?
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