Smotrich says Trump's plan to move Gazans 'excellent,' will seek …
1 day ago · Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich also welcomes the notion of removing Palestinians from Gaza, as floated by Trump. “After 76 years during which the majority of Gaza’s population has ...
Ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon appear at risk with disputes over ...
20 hours ago · TEL AVIV, Israel — Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and former National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, both want Israel to establish Jewish settlements in Gaza, supported Trump’s remarks, calling it “voluntary emigration.” Palestinians and many of their supporters view it as code for ethnic cleansing.
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 ...
Smotrich says Netanyahu vowed Israel to pursue 'gradual …
Jan 18, 2025 · 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 ...
Bezalel Smotrich: Emerging hostage deal a national security …
Jan 13, 2025 · The emerging hostage deal is a “national security catastrophe” and the Religious Zionist Party would oppose such an agreement, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Monday.
Bezalel Smotrich | Biography, Israel’s Far Right, Party, & West …
4 days ago · 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.
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 the...
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.”
Israel's Smotrich threatens to quit government if Gaza war ends ...
Jan 19, 2025 · The hostage deal signed by Israel and Hamas was “unavoidable,” and quitting the government would have led to the end of the war and to further departures from the government and consequently ...
Middle East latest: Israel stops the return of thousands of ...
19 hours ago · Israel accused Hamas of violating a fragile ceasefire by changing the ... Israel — Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and former National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, both want Israel to ...