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]
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.
Report: Smotrich held meeting to plan public ... - The Times of Israel
20 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 decision not to quit government ... - The Times of Israel
4 days ago · Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich defends his decision not to leave the government and topple the coalition, arguing that he was acting out of a sense of duty to the country.
Smotrich says Netanyahu vowed Israel to pursue 'gradual …
5 days ago · Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend a vote in the Knesset plenum, Jerusalem, December 31, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
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 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 new powers from the military over the occupied territory this year.
Bezalel Smotrich Ministry of Finance - gov.il
May 31, 2022 · The Minister of Finance, Mr. Bezalel (Yoel) Smotrich, is an Israeli politician who serves as the Minister of Finance, a Minister in the Ministry of Defense and the Chairman of the Religious Zionist Party.
Smotrich Says Israel Is 'A Step Away' From Annexing West Bank …
Nov 12, 2024 · Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Monday at a Religious Zionism party meeting that during President-elect Donald Trump's previous term, "We were just a step away from applying sovereignty over the settlements in Judea and Samaria [the West Bank], and now the time has come to do it."
Smotrich to temporarily resign amid Netanyahu’s coalition reshuffle
3 days ago · 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 political domino effect that will see the temporary resignation of Bezalel Smotrich from his role as finance minister. Otzma Yehudit, led by Itamar Ben-Gvir, and the ...