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]

5 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.

Mar 5, 2025 · Bezalel Smotrich, the Israeli finance minister, had drawn rebukes from the Biden administration for his opposition to a cease-fire in Gaza and his support for Jewish settlers in the West Bank.

5 days ago · Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Sunday that the government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, is working to establish a ...

Nov 11, 2024 · Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has ordered preparations for the annexation of the occupied West Bank ahead of US President-elect Donald Trump taking office in January 2025.

Mar 4, 2025 · Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Tuesday that he was making a brief visit to the United States to “strengthen economic cooperation” and “deepen the strategic alliance between our two...

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.

Feb 3, 2025 · Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich expressed support for expanding the Abraham Accords on Monday, including with Saudi Arabia, while warning that such an agreement must not “come at the...

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."

Jun 21, 2024 · The reporters reviewed a recording of a recent speech given by Bezalel Smotrich, a far-right Israeli cabinet minister spearheading efforts to cement Israeli control over the occupied West Bank.