Ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon appear at risk with disputes over ...
3 days ago · Qatar’s statement said Hamas will hand over the civilian hostage, Arbel Yehoud, along with two other hostages before Friday. And on Monday, Israeli authorities will allow Palestinians to return to northern Gaza. ... TEL AVIV, Israel — Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and former National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, both want Israel ...
Smotrich says Gaza war must continue, but doesn't say if he will …
Jan 15, 2025 · Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich insisted Wednesday that the war in the Gaza Strip must continue, but did not explicitly say whether he will back or oppose an emerging ceasefire deal to release ...
Smotrich says Netanyahu vowed Israel to pursue 'gradual …
Jan 18, 2025 · In a statement condemning the “terrible” ceasefire deal with Hamas, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich declares that he will “not sit in a government that, God forbid, will stop the war and ...
Smotrich 'assured' Israel would continue war and take control of …
Jan 18, 2025 · Bezalel Smotrich, Israel's far-right finance minister, has said that he was given assurances that the war on Gaza would continue and Israel would launch a "gradual takeover of the entire Gaza Strip".
Bezalel Smotrich | Biography, Israel’s Far Right, Party, & West …
3 days ago · Bezalel Smotrich is Israel’s far-right finance minister responsible for the controversial attempt in 2023 to reform the country’s judiciary. As a lifelong Israeli settler, he used his cabinet position during the Israel-Hamas War to choke the finances of the Palestinian Authority and to expand settlement activity in the West Bank.
Smotrich demands IDF return to fighting after first phase of deal
Jan 16, 2025 · Otzma Yehudit chairman National Security Minister MK Itamar Ben-Gvir and Religious Zionist Party (RZP) chairman Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich threatened publicly on Thursday to leave the...
Bezalel Smotrich: Emerging hostage deal a national security …
Jan 13, 2025 · The emerging hostage deal is a “national security catastrophe” and the Religious Zionist Party would oppose such an agreement, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Monday.
Israel holds off on approving hostage deal, accusing Hamas of …
Jan 16, 2025 · Israel was still holding off on Thursday afternoon from officially declaring that a ceasefire-hostage release deal announced a day earlier by mediators had been reached with Hamas, insisting that...
Smotrich sets conditions for staying in coalition if hostage deal ...
Jan 15, 2025 · Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a key member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition, has set conditions for his Religious Zionism Party to remain in the government if a deal with Hamas for the release of hostages is approved.
Bezalel Smotrich says Israel must return to Gaza after hostage …
Jan 15, 2025 · Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Smotrich met on Wednesday in order to discuss the impending hostage deal with Hamas. Smotrich’s Religious Zionist Party will oppose the deal in any case,...