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]
Smotrich to temporarily resign amid Netanyahu’s coalition reshuffle
Jan 20, 2025 · The resignation of the Otzma Yehudit Party from Israel’s governing coalition on Sunday in the wake of the hostage-terrorist exchange deal struck with Hamas has created a …
Why did Bezalel Smotrich temporarily quit the Israeli government ...
3 days ago · Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich resigned temporarily from the government on Friday in order for Otzma Yehudit MK Yitzhak Kreuzer to leave the Knesset. Smotrich is set to …
Smotrich: US guaranteed Israel’s right to resume fighting in Gaza
6 days ago · The U.S. has provided Israel with a written guarantee that Jerusalem can resume its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip if negotiations for the second and third phases of the …
Report: Smotrich held meeting to plan public ... - The Times of Israel
4 days 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 …
Smotrich 'assured' Israel would continue war and take control of …
Jan 18, 2025 · 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 …
Bezalel Smotrich | Israel National News - Arutz Sheva
Dec 19, 2024 · Otzma Yehudit accuses Smotrich of blocking the transfer of hundreds of millions of shekels to the police, votes against budget laws in the Knesset. Finance Minister Bezalel …
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.”
How Bezalel Smotrich rode unfiltered radicalism and unforgiving ...
Nov 30, 2022 · Smotrich has been a radical from the very outset of his career in right-wing activism and politics. Most notoriously, he was arrested by the Shin Bet’s division for …
Israel's finance minister now governs the West Bank. Critics see …
Sep 14, 2023 · Israel’s finance minister Bezalel Smotrich — a staunch supporter of settlements that most of the international community considers a breach of international law — assumed …