In light of the exposure of the correspondence between a judge and a prosecutor in a corruption case involving associates of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, an interesting conversation between Ministers Yisrael Katz and Aryeh Deri was recorded by the Knesset television channel at a Shas faction meeting in which Deri's 59th birthday on the Hebrew calendar was celebrated.
Referring to Netanyahu by his nickname, Deri asks: "How much luck does Bibi have, how much luck, tell me how much luck?" In response, Katz says, "Unbelievable," and Deri agrees, "Unbelievable." Katz continued "I appeared on [a] Saturday night talk show and I backed him up." Deri responded: "I backed him up too, but look how lucky he is."