As Netanyahu heads to US, Smotrich urges him to advance Israeli ...
5 days ago · Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich calls on Benjamin Netanyahu to “strengthen our grip and sovereignty” over the West Bank as the prime minister flies to Washington, DC, to meet with US ...
Sovereignty and Security: Smotrich conveys message to Netanyahu …
5 days ago · Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich sent a message of support on Sunday morning to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as he heads off to meet US President Donald Trump in Washington.
Israel's Bezalel Smotrich talks to JPost on Trump, Hamas, future …
Jan 31, 2025 · In fact, Smotrich’s pressure on Netanyahu led to the security cabinet making three important decisions that Friday – a commitment to achieve all of the war goals, including a commitment to ...
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 not...
Netanyahu faces political crisis as Smotrich weighs coalition exit
Jan 16, 2025 · Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionism Party signaled on Thursday it would consider exiting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition over the ceasefire agreement with Hamas.
Netanyahu hands Smotrich full authority to expand existing …
Jun 18, 2023 · Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government passed a controversial resolution Sunday that gives practically all control over planning approval for construction in West Bank settlements to...
Bezalel Smotrich - Encyclopedia Britannica
Jan 27, 2025 · In a coalition deal with Benjamin Netanyahu in 2022, he became finance minister, gained oversight of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, and pushed a controversial attempt at judicial reform that led to unprecedented unrest in Israel in 2023.
Israel's finance minister now governs the West Bank. Critics see …
Sep 14, 2023 · Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has quietly taken steps toward cementing Israel's control of the occupied West Bank with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich leading the way.
Top Israeli minister: ‘No such thing’ as Palestinian people
Mar 21, 2023 · As the negotiators were issuing a joint communique, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich delivered a speech in Paris saying the notion of a Palestinian people was artificial.
Netanyahu spoke with Smotrich after meeting with Trump at the …
2 days ago · Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Wednesday, and updated him after his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House.