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Israeli interior minister threatens to quit Netanyahu coalition

Friday 17-March-2017

The Israeli Minister of the Interior threatened to quit the coalition government following disagreements with its members Israeli media reported Thursday.

According to the Hebrew-speaking Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper Israeli Minister of the Interior Aryeh Deri said governments do not get overthrown over small issues adding that he believed things are taking a turn for the worse.

Deri further stated that he does not accept to be part of a government that is on the verge of collapse and which has been eliminating its members the one after the other.

According to Deri the Israeli government has to either rationalize its decisions or to open the doors for elections.

Over recent months disagreements broke out between the Israeli ruling parties that make up the coalition government headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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