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Bezalel Smotrich
Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich
May 19, 2026, 3:20 pm
Smotrich confirms ICC has issued a request for an arrest warrant against him
The far right politician, who has served as Israel's Minister of Finance since 2023, has vowed to 'fight back with a vengeance'
By JN Reporter
Benjamin Netanyahu (Twitter/@IsraeliPM)
March 11, 2026, 11:11 am
Trump and Netanyahu vs Iran: a fait accompli
Like him or loathe him, Israel's Prime Minister's determination to rid the world of Iran's Islamic regime has never been a secret
By Alex Brummer
Abraham Accords signing ceremony at The White House on Tuesday, Sep. 15, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Oliver Contreras/SIPA USA)
September 3, 2025, 5:11 pm
UAE warns Israel that West Bank annexation could derail Abraham Accords
Far right members of the Netanyahu government are increasingly pressing for large parts of the West Bank to be annexed
By Jewish News Reporter
Finance Minister Smotrich (second from left) pictured at Sa-Nur beside graffiti reading "Death to Arabs" (Photo Credit: X)
August 7, 2025, 3:02 pm
Smotrich under fire after photo shows him beside ‘Death to Arabs’ graffiti
Israeli Finance Minister disavows graffiti after photo shows him beside racist slogan at evacuated West Bank outpost
By Annabel Sinclair
Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu
July 24, 2025, 3:33 pm
Israeli minister: ‘All of Gaza will be Jewish’ as resettlement plans resurface
Amichai Eliyahu says Gaza is being “erased” and claims Israel should not worry about hunger in the Strip
By Annabel Sinclair
Avi Maoz, the far-right lawmaker from the Noam party, is the author of a bill meant to align Israel's rules for citizenship with Orthodox standards. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90 via JTA)
July 4, 2025, 11:54 am
Knesset bill would narrow eligibility for Israel citizenship
Backed by far-right and Orthodox parties, the proposal would revoke the 55-year-old clause of the Law of Return that extends Israeli citizenship to those with only one Jewish grandparent
By Asaf Shalev JTA
View of the unauthorised outpost of Homesh in the West Bank
May 29, 2025, 2:27 pm
Israeli government approves construction of 22 West Bank settlements
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz described the plan as "a strategic step to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state that would endanger Israel."
By Daniel Sugarman
Michael Sfard
May 16, 2025, 4:27 pm
Top Israeli human rights lawyer: ‘My Jewish upbringing makes me speak out on Israel’
Leading Israeli human rights lawyer Michael Sfard says there was a duty to respond to October 7, but is in London to warn of a proposed law that could silence peace-builders
By Lee Harpin
Hamas fighters surround hostage Arbel Yehud during her release in January
May 5, 2025, 1:05 pm
Israel approves plan to ‘conquer Gaza’ as Smotrich claims territory won’t be returned in any deal
Chief of Staff warned of the dangers that hostages could be "lost"
By Jewish News Reporter
View of the Kiryat Arba settlement near the West Bank city of Hebron, as seen on Nov. 20, 2022. (Wisam Hashlamoun FLASH90)
December 10, 2024, 11:31 pm
Bucking Israel’s far right, several large American Jewish groups say they oppose resettling Gaza
The statements by some of the largest Jewish organisations in the country come as a number Israeli government ministers call for resettling the Palestinian enclave
By Andrew Lapin (JTA)
Israeli far-right lawmaker and the head of "Jewish Power" party Itamar Ben-Gvir.
October 22, 2024, 9:17 pm
Likud MKs participate in far-right conference urging resettlement of Gaza
Calls for "emigration" of Gaza Arabs and for Israelis to return to the Strip for security reasons
By Jenni Frazer
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves to the media after arriving at 10 Downing Street in 2017
September 17, 2024, 9:07 am
Three-quarters of UK Jews disapprove of Netanyahu
New JPR survey gives gloomy view of situation in Israel as viewed from Britain
By Jenni Frazer
Netanyahu speaks with Religious Zionist party head MK Bezalel SmotrichYonatan Sindel/Flash90
August 10, 2024, 10:31 am
White House: Smotrich ‘jeopardising’ hostages’ lives
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby accused Israeli extremist finance minister of undermining ceasefire hopes
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
Ze'ev Elkin, of the New Hope-National Right, put forward the resolution which said establishing a Palestinian state would constitute an existential threat to Israel and its citizens
July 18, 2024, 11:34 am
Israeli parliament votes overwhelmingly to reject Palestinian state
MKs including some from Benny Gantz's party pass resolution put forward by right-wing opposition New Hope-United Right faction by 68 votes to nine
By Jewish News Reporter
A large rally in Parliament Square in London organised by Jews in the UK who are anxious about Israeli ministers' efforts to subordinate Israel's judiciary to the government. Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News
August 1, 2023, 12:03 pm
New report: Wave of pessimism about Israeli democracy from UK Jews as ties ‘may fray’
Four-in-five British Jews disapprove of Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right bedfellows according to a new report released today by the Institute of Jewish Policy Research.
By Jewish News Reporter
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