Smotrich to 'Post': People are anxious, but we’re not what they think we are

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Bezalel Smotrich, Finance Minister and Religious Zionism Party head in his office, 2023.

Bezalel Smotrich, Finance Minister and Religious Zionism Party head in his office, 2023.

(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023 21:19

Updated: SEPTEMBER 17, 2023 22:22

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