Bezalel Smotrich

View of a large fire in open areas near Kadita, in the Galilee area, northern Israel, on June 12

Public-private partnership aims to drive rehabilitation in Israel's North

The headquarters will be a joint effort of the Finance Ministry, the Presidium of the Israeli Business Sector, Business Roundtable Israel, and philanthropy organizations.

18/02/2025
 Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, February 17, 2025

Israel ‘at a crossroads’ between victory or capitulation to Hamas, Smotrich says

National Security Cabinet will meet to set a mandate for the negotiating team over phase two of the deal.

  Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich seen over posters of Israeli hostages in Gaza

Bezalel Smotrich will 'pay in heaven' for opposing Gaza deal, hostage's father says

Speaking with 103FM, Elhanan Danino, the father of Ori Danino, strongly criticized the government.

By 103FM
13/02/2025
 Demonstrators protest for the release of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv

Hamas signals it will release three hostages, Israel vows maximum pressure

IDF increases reservists, special forces near Gaza, but mostly holding fire • Family of Gaza hostage Eitan Mor receives sign of life

National Unity chairman MK Benny Gantz holds a faction meeting in the Knesset, December 9, 2024

Benny Gantz: 'If there is no release of hostages - there is no reason for a ceasefire'

He added that everyone must be returned, especially given that it is impossible to guarantee that those alive today will still be alive tomorrow.

Smotrich vows 5% Gaza annexation for every harmed hostage

“There is currently a debate about whether the war can be stopped. The war cannot be stopped just before the complete destruction of Hamas," Smotrich said.

Netanyahu doubles down on war policy, Trump's Gaza plan in speech to Knesset

Netanyahu canceled his testimony to the trial against him in order to give the speech, which was reportedly unplanned.

MK Kahana: Israel must complete hostage deal, time to defeat Hamas will come

“Our commitment to them is infinite,” he stated. “We will still have time to defeat Hamas; we are destined to live by the sword, and the war will last for years.”

By WALLA!
10/02/2025

Smotrich condemns comparisons of hostage suffering to Holocaust

"The suffering of our hostages in Hamas' brutal captivity is heartbreaking," he said. "But comparisons to the Holocaust are a grave mistake."

Trump's chess game: Is the US president making an irrefusable offer?

It isn't worth analyzing the plausibility of US President Donald Trump's bombastic statements, but what is clear is the message being sent to Israel's far Right.

05/02/2025
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