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.”

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich implied on Monday that he believes blocking humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip is “justified and moral” even if it causes two million civilians to die of...

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...

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich claimed Thursday that comments he made this week that appeared to justify the starvation of Gazans were taken out of context, as he faced down a chorus of...

Jan 18, 2025 · Bezalel Smotrich, Israel's far-right finance minister, has said that he was given assurances that the war on Gaza would continue and Israel would launch a "gradual takeover of the entire Gaza...

Dec 9, 2024 · Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called for Israel to seize control of the Gaza Strip during a Religious Zionist Party (RZP) faction meeting on Monday. Smotrich called for decisive...

Dec 31, 2023 · Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said that Israel must control the territory in the Gaza Strip and significantly reduce the number of Palestinian residents in Gaza.

1 day ago · Days after Mr. Trump’s election, Bezalel Smotrich, Israel’s finance minister, whom Mr. Netanyahu has given broad authority over the West Bank, said Mr. Trump’s return to the White House ...

3 days ago · By contrast, far-right politicians in Israel have welcomed Trump's proposal with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich saying it was the "true answer” to the 7 October 2023 attacks by Hamas

Jan 8, 2024 · Bezalel Smotrich, a champion of West Bank Jewish settlements, has repeatedly made inflammatory remarks about Israel’s post-war intentions in Gaza. He recently sparked an international outcry over...