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 'assured' Israel would continue war and take control of …
4 days ago · 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 Strip".
Smotrich says Netanyahu vowed Israel to pursue 'gradual …
4 days ago · 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 ...
January 16, 2025 Gaza ceasefire deal news | CNN
6 days ago · Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s far-right Religious Zionism Party on Thursday conditioned that Israel must “return to the war in order to destroy Hamas and the return of all the hostages ...
Smotrich demands IDF return to fighting after first phase of deal
Jan 16, 2025 · The party stands behind the demand of party leader [Finance] Minister Bezalel Smotrich from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ensure Israel’s return to war to destroy Hamas and return all ...
Bezalel Smotrich: Emerging hostage deal a national security …
Jan 13, 2025 · Smotrich called for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “continue at full strength, conquer and clean the entire Strip, finally take from Hamas the control of the humanitarian aid, and open the ...
Herzog urges cabinet to support Gaza deal, as Smotrich threatens …
Jan 15, 2025 · Smotrich defined victory as the “destruction of the Hamas terrorist organization and the return of all the hostages to their homes.” “Over the past two days, the prime minister and I have ...
Israeli minister says it may be ‘moral’ to starve 2 million ... - CNN
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.”
Bezalel Smotrich | Biography, Israel’s Far Right, Party, & West …
Jan 13, 2025 · Bezalel Smotrich is Israel’s far-right finance minister responsible for the controversial attempt in 2023 to reform the country’s judiciary. As a lifelong Israeli settler, he used his cabinet position during the Israel-Hamas War to choke the finances of the Palestinian Authority and to expand settlement activity in the West Bank.
Israel-Hamas War - The New York Times
Aug 9, 2024 · John F. Kirby, a national security spokesman, rebuked Israel’s finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, in unusually harsh terms and accused him of being willing to sacrifice Israeli hostages.