Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “is the one who is ultimately responsible” for the handling of the war in Gaza, and if he ...

In a continuation of an ongoing public feud, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich declares that ultra-Orthodox MK Moshe Gafni “has no right to talk about the war.” Speaking with Jerusalem Radio, the ...

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Israeli Finance Minster Bezalel Smotrich has provoked an angry backlash after he suggested that the release of captives in Gaza was "not the most important thing" for the goverment. On Monday ...

Returning the hostages is not the most important goal of the war, but rather destroying Hamas is, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich told Army Radio Monday morning. "It [returning the hostages] is, of ...

We must return to fighting in a completely different way: to defeat, to destroy Hamas,” said the Israeli finance minister.​The post Smotrich: No victory, no justification for government appeared first ...

The most important thing is to destroy Hamas and prevent another Oct. 7, the Israeli finance minister said.The post Smotrich under fire after putting Hamas’s defeat above hostages’ return appeared ...

During the Mimouna celebrations held on Saturday night in Dimona, Mayor Benny Bitton announced that the city council has decided to grant honorary citizenship to Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich ...

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich convened the leadership of the Finance Ministry on Thursday for an additional and in-depth discussion regarding the Israeli government's response to the new ...

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