West Bank: Israeli minister calls for preparations to annex …
5 days ago · Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has ordered preparations for the annexation of settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Smotrich, who is in charge of the settlements ...
Israel's Smotrich calls for annexation of occupied West Bank: …
4 days ago · Israeli far-right minister and long-time supporter of Israeli settlements Bezalel Smotrich said on Monday that he had ordered preparations for an Israeli annexation of the occupied West Bank. Israel's Smotrich calls for annexation of occupied West Bank: What we know - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012
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.”
Smotrich: Might be 'justified and moral' to cause 2 million Gazans …
Aug 5, 2024 · Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich implies he believes that blocking humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip is “justified and moral” even if it causes 2 million civilians to die of hunger, adding...
Smotrich stands by 'misunderstood' comment seeming to justify …
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich claimed Thursday that comments he made this week that appeared to justify the starvation of Gazans were taken out of context, as he faced down a chorus of...
White House Issues Rare Criticism of Israeli Minister Who Opposes …
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.
Far-right Israeli minister sets out plan to prevent West Bank from ...
Jun 21, 2024 · Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has spoken about preventing the occupied West Bank from becoming a part of an independent Palestinian state, according to leaked audio of a speech he...
Israeli Official Describes Secret Government Bid to Cement Control …
Jun 21, 2024 · The reporters reviewed a recording of a recent speech given by Bezalel Smotrich, a far-right Israeli cabinet minister spearheading efforts to cement Israeli control over the occupied West Bank.
Israel's finance minister now governs the West ... - Associated Press News
Sep 14, 2023 · Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has quietly taken steps toward cementing Israel's control of the occupied West Bank with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich leading the way.
Smotrich Says Israel Is 'A Step Away' From Annexing West Bank …
4 days ago · Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Monday at a Religious Zionism party meeting that during President-elect Donald Trump's previous term, "We were just a step away from applying sovereignty over the settlements in Judea and Samaria [the West Bank], and now the time has come to do it."