3 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.

3 days 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.” ... Senior Hamas official rejects Trump’s proposal to relocate Palestinians.

Jan 13, 2025 · Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Monday said a developing ceasefire agreement with Hamas would be a “catastrophe” for Israel’s security, stressing that his Religious Zionism Party would not vote to approve it.

Jan 15, 2025 · Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a key member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition, has set conditions for his Religious Zionism Party to remain in the government if a deal with Hamas for the release of hostages is approved.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Jan 21, 2025 · 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 ceasefire agreement fail, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich told JNS on Tuesday.

Jan 16, 2025 · Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich expressed conditional support Thursday for the first phase of the proposed hostage deal, emphasizing that Israel must resume its campaign to eliminate 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...