Shas founder Aryeh Deri imprisoned for bribery

Aryeh Deri, founding leader of Shas, was convicted in 1999 of taking about $155,000 in bribes, fraud and breach of trust committed while he served as interior minister, and sentenced to three years. He entered Maasiyahu Prison in September 2000 and was released in July 2002 after serving 22 months; the parole board barred him from political activity for one year. He returned to lead Shas in 2013.

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Shas

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Aryeh Deri party-leader

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APA 7Reference list · academic default

Gara, T. (2026). Shas founder Aryeh Deri imprisoned for bribery [Event record]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/a0cc27bd-784c-4092-a677-a957320d2960

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Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Shas founder Aryeh Deri imprisoned for bribery." Event record, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/a0cc27bd-784c-4092-a677-a957320d2960.

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@misc{tayyar-event-a0cc27bd-784c-4092-a677-a957320d2960,
  title     = {{Shas founder Aryeh Deri imprisoned for bribery}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Event record},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/a0cc27bd-784c-4092-a677-a957320d2960},
  urldate   = {2026-07-27},
  note      = {Event date: 2000-09-03. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

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Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper

BibTeXPreprint

@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-07-27},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

Event date: 2000-09-03. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.