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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The Haredi community tolerates these things on a regular basis. (A) most of the community has no interest in politics and therefore no interest in whistleblowing or getting involved (B) either they think they're still getting something worth their while or they figure anyone else would be just as bad or they figure it's all up to Hashem anyway (C) an askan might be a "tzaddik" but like the Rashi on Noah it's all relative - when pushed I think the Haredi community would admit they don't have high expectations for people who drop out of kollel and go into politics.
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