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Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends Israel Day Parade in New York
June 1, 2026, 11:20 am
Anger as Smotrich and two other far-right Israeli ministers attend New York parade
'If the goal was repairing Israel's image in New York, these are the last people you put at the front,' observed one writer after Sunday's Israel Day Parade
By Lee Harpin
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich arrive to a cabinet meeting on the state budget, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem.
April 7, 2026, 11:34 am
The Israeli government is raiding state coffers to stay in power
Those carrying the weight of the war are now expected to bear the additional financial burden, imposed upon them by a government that treats them with nothing but contempt
By Gary Cohen
A view shows Jordan Valley near the West Bank city of Jericho in the Israeli-occupied West Bank June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
December 22, 2025, 2:28 pm
UK condemns Israel’s approval of 19 new West Bank settlements
'We are stopping the establishment of a Palestinian terrorist state on the ground,' said Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich
By Lee Harpin
Ma'ale Adumim settlement in the occupied West Bank
August 15, 2025, 11:08 am
World Jewish Congress president condemns Smotrich over call to ‘bury idea of Palestinian state’
Ronald S. Lauder says statements by two far-right ministers 'massively damage Israel as well as the security of the Jewish people'
By Lee Harpin
Ma'ale Adumim settlement in the occupied West Bank
August 14, 2025, 11:23 am
Smotrich reportedly set to announce controversial E1 settlement plan for West Bank
Israeli media says finance minister Bezalel Smotrich supports plan to 'bury Palestinian state'
By Lee Harpin
Secretary Marco Rubio and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deliver joint statements to the press in Jerusalem, Israel, February 16, 2025. (Official State Department photo by Freddie Everett via Wikipedia).
June 11, 2025, 9:20 am
US calls for UK to reverse sanctions against Israeli far-right ministers
Marco Rubio said: 'We remind our partners not to forget who the real enemy is'
By Lee Harpin
Itamar ben Gvir (L) and Bezalel Smotrich (R)
June 10, 2025, 7:46 pm
ANALYSIS: UK’s growing rift with Israel risks further isolating British Jews
While there is little love for Smotrich or Ben Gvir among Jewish communal leaders, there will be deep concern at this latest step - and Israel's possible response
By Daniel Sugarman
View of the Kiryat Arba settlement near the West Bank city of Hebron, as seen on Nov. 20, 2022. (Wisam Hashlamoun FLASH90)
May 30, 2025, 8:36 am
ANALYSIS: New Israeli settlement plans will further split the Diaspora
The Israeli government's announcement yesterday risks alienating a considerable number of traditional Israel supporters - both inside and outside the Jewish community
By Daniel Sugarman
Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich
August 8, 2024, 9:45 am
Smotrich ‘Gaza starvation’ comments condemned by UK and the EU
Far-right Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich says 'no one in the world will allow us to starve two million people'
By Lee Harpin
July 2, 2024, 4:52 pm
OPINION: True supporters of Israel must back the creation of a Palestinian state
Richard Miron argues that Labour's pledge to recognise Palestine as part of a process is a good first step for the benefit of both Israelis and Palestinians and against extremism
By Richard Miron
Smotrich delivers Paris speech in front of banner with Greater Israel map
March 20, 2023, 10:49 am
Smotrich gives speech next to Israel map featuring parts of Jordan and Syria
Israel's far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich described the Palestinians as 'fictitious' during a speech in Paris over the weekend.
By Lee Harpin
Far-right leader, Betzalel Smotrich, in Knesset.
January 16, 2023, 1:07 pm
Smotrich: ‘My voters don’t care if I’m a homophobe… they don’t give a damn about the gays’
In recording from a few months ago, far-right minister heard saying he could act against LGBTQ community without repercussions but concedes: ‘I won’t stone gays [to death]’.
By Times of Israel
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s speech to Conservative Friends of Israel this week
December 14, 2022, 12:12 pm
VOICE OF THE JEWISH NEWS: Warm words for Israel, but a penny for Sunak’s true thoughts
The prime minister was wise to mention what he mentioned and to not mention what he didn’t in his speech to Conservative Friends of Israel this week.
By Voice of the Jewish News
Israeli designate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in conversation with right-wing Knesset member Itamar Ben Gvir during the swearing-in ceremony for the new Israeli parliament.
December 8, 2022, 11:09 am
OPINION: Hurling accusations does a disservice to Israel and our community
Gary Mond, chairman of the National Jewish Assembly, attempts to calm a Jewish community unsettled by the recent Israeli election.
By Gary Mond
2K81PPW WEST BANK - OCTOBER 19: Israeli soldiers stand next to an election campaign banner for the far right Religious Zionism party (HaZionut HaDatit) depicting its leader Bezalel Smotrich with a caption reading, ?What you choose is what you get" hanged at the military Awarta checkpoint one of several checkpoints that surround the Palestinian city of Nablus on October 19, 2022 in Nablus, West Bank. Credit: Eddie Gerald/Alamy Live News
November 6, 2022, 3:26 pm
OPINION: We must call out this repulsive situation before our enemies do
Jenni Frazer asks how British Jews can be expected to keep their mouths shut while Netanyahu makes his comeback on the backs of unspeakable political bedfellows.
By Jenni Frazer
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