Israel's Bezalel Smotrich talks to JPost on Trump, Hamas, future …
2 days ago · Finance Minister in exclusive to JPost: Israel will resume war if Hamas stays in power • Trump must show 'great force' to reshape the Middle East Israeli minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich ...
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich: 'Unfortunately, PM gave the …
Jan 18, 2025 · Finance Minister and Religious Zionist Party leader Bezalel Smotrich noted his disapproval on Saturday night of the implementation of the hostage-ceasefire deal.
Smotrich says Gaza war must continue, but doesn’t say if he will …
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 ...
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 ...
Report: Smotrich held meeting to plan public campaign to …
Jan 22, 2025 · 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 ...
Israeli minister says it may be ‘moral’ to starve 2 million Gazans, …
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.”
Far-right Zionist leader says Israel is ‘preparing hell for Hamas’
Jan 9, 2025 · Israel's finance minister and leader of the Religious Zionist party, Bezalel Smotrich. Photograph: Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP via Getty Images. Israel ’s far-right finance minister says his country is...
Smotrich: Gaza a ‘time bomb,’ Trump's call for relocation 'most ...
5 days ago · Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Monday applauded U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Gazans be offered residency in Arab nations as the “most realistic solution.” “For 76 years, they have been held in Gaza—on purpose—in poverty, in destitution, in overcrowding,” the finance minister told JNS following a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on Monday ...
Smotrich Bet It All on Blocking a Deal. He Still Hopes ... - Haaretz
Jan 20, 2025 · Analysis | Smotrich Bet It All on Blocking a Deal. He Still Hopes Netanyahu Will Come Through Since day one, the far-right has insisted only military pressure would bring back the hostages, blocking any alternative to Hamas. Even Trump, whose sole aim is to oppose Biden, recognized that a deal was the only way
Smotrich: US guaranteed Israel’s right to resume fighting in Gaza
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. U.S. President Donald Trump and former President Joe Biden have provided Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with an official ...