The Religious Zionist Party, led by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, fell below the electoral threshold with just 2.6% support. Overall, the coalition dropped by four seats, securing 54 mandates ...

The leftist leader has vowed to bring inflation down. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich resigned from his post as minister on Monday in a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur joins host ...

The Knesset began on Tuesday afternoon to vote on the 2025 state budget, which is expected to pass into law later on Tuesday. The process includes hundreds of votes, for the bill’s second ...

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich had hoped the budget would be approved by the end of 2024, but political infighting among coalition partners delayed the final vote. It was not clear when the full ...

New settlements in the West Bank Israel's Cabinet passed a measure creating 13 new settlements in the occupied West Bank by rezoning existing ones, according to Bezalel Smotrich, Israel's far ...

(CNN) — Israel’s security cabinet has approved a controversial proposal to facilitate Palestinian emigration from Gaza, a move critics warn could amount to ethnic cleansing. Israeli Finance ...

build and settle," said Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. Israeli security forces from the Kfir Brigade seem during a military raid in the West Bank city of Tulkarm, March 12, 2025 (photo credit ...

"About a year ago, I met with Minister Bezalel Smotrich, presented him with the critical need to separate these communities, and asked him to promote the issue. Today, I am proud and excited to ...

HADEEL AL-SHALCHI, BYLINE: Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich was once a wanted man by Israel's version of the FBI. In 2005, Israel was rocked by mass protests. Israeli settlers were ...