Bezalel Smotrich - Wikipedia
Bezalel Yoel Smotrich (Hebrew: בְּצַלְאֵל יוֹאֵל סְמוֹטְרִיץ׳; born 27 February 1980) is an Israeli far-right politician and lawyer who has served as the Minister of Finance since 2022. [1] The leader of the National Religious Party–Religious Zionism, [2] he previously served as a Knesset member for the Jewish Home and Yamina, leaving in 2023 after resigning under ...
Smotrich says Netanyahu vowed Israel to pursue 'gradual …
4 days ago · In a statement condemning the “terrible” ceasefire deal with Hamas, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich declares that he will “not sit in a government that, God forbid, will stop the war and ...
Israel's Smotrich threatens to quit government if Gaza war ends ...
3 days ago · Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends Israel Hayom's ... but this would have led to an end to the war and to Hamas remaining in Gaza in future stages as well.The “security net” would only ...
Bezalel Smotrich | Biography, Israel’s Far Right, Party, & West …
Jan 13, 2025 · Bezalel Smotrich is Israel’s far-right finance minister responsible for the controversial attempt in 2023 to reform the country’s judiciary. As a lifelong Israeli settler, he used his cabinet position during the Israel-Hamas War to choke the finances of the Palestinian Authority and to expand settlement activity in the West Bank.
Report: Smotrich held meeting to plan public campaign to …
7 hours ago · Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich recently held a meeting aimed at organizing a public campaign to stop the hostage deal in Gaza after the first phase ends and to resume the war, as he has been ...
Smotrich says Gaza war must continue, but doesn't say if he will …
Jan 15, 2025 · Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich insisted Wednesday that the war in the Gaza Strip must continue, but did not explicitly say whether he will back or oppose an emerging ceasefire deal to release ...
Bezalel Smotrich: Emerging hostage deal a national security …
Jan 13, 2025 · Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends Israel Hayom's security conference in Jerusalem, December 1, ... Related Tags Gaza Hamas Bezalel Smotrich national security Gaza hostages.
Israeli minister says it may be ‘moral’ to starve 2 million ... - CNN
Aug 6, 2024 · Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said “it may be just and moral” to starve 2 million Gaza residents until Israeli hostages are returned, but “no one in the world would let us.”
Far-right Zionist leader says Israel is ‘preparing hell for Hamas’
Jan 9, 2025 · Israel’s far-right finance minister says his country is “thoroughly changing the way we are running the Gaza war and is preparing hell for Hamas”.. Bezalel Smotrich, who is also leader of ...
Smotrich 'assured' Israel would continue war and take control of …
4 days ago · Bezalel Smotrich, Israel's far-right finance minister, has said that he was given assurances that the war on Gaza would continue and Israel would launch a "gradual takeover of the entire Gaza Strip".