A look at the rise Israel's finance minister who has become perhaps the most influential man in the country, alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

NPR's Hadeel Al-Shalchi looks into his rise to power in Israel. HADEEL AL-SHALCHI, BYLINE: Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich was once a wanted man by Israel's version of the FBI.

NPR's Hadeel Al-Shalchi looks into his rise to power in Israel. HADEEL AL-SHALCHI, BYLINE: Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich was once a wanted man by Israel's version of the FBI. In 2005, ...

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said the voices of relatives of hostages held in the Gaza Strip are heard “too much,” as he argued with Ayala Metzger, the daughter-in-law of slain captive ...

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich wrote that Netanyahu's decision was "better late than never." "It would have been appropriate for the Shin Bet chief to take real responsibility and resign on his ...