The Israeli government has been dominated by far-right pro-settlement figures, including Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir, who was National Security Minister until last ...

Hardline pro-settler Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who has responsibility for large parts of Israeli policy in the West Bank, said the operation was the start of a "strong and ongoing ...

Bezalel Smotrich, the finance minister and leader of the Religious Zionism party, thanked Mr Trump and said the sanctions were “a serious act of gross foreign intervention in Israel’s internal ...

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has threatened to do the same if Netanyahu does not break the ceasefire once an initial 42-day phase is complete. “I demanded – and received – a commitment ...

Hard-line government figures like Bezalel Smotrich, the finance minister, have also criticized military leaders like General Halevi for not launching an even more aggressive campaign in Gaza.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said in a Monday interview on Army Radio that “with the current Chief of Staff, we will not be able to win in Gaza. We need to occupy the Strip and establish a ...

Ben-Gvir has repeatedly publicly rejected the deal. Right-wing Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich threatened Sunday to overthrow the government if it does not occupy the Gaza Strip, the Anadolu ...

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said he decided to remain in the coalition, unlike fellow right-wing firebrand National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, out of "national responsibility." ...

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".

But what could topple the government is if Ben Gvir is joined by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich in withdrawing from Netanyahu’s coalition. Smotrich, also an extreme right-wing nationalist ...