Become a Member

Bezalel Smotrich

Israeli Politics

Religious Zionism expected to back revised Charedi draft bill

The redrafted bill has heavily watered down sanctions against draft dodgers, but is set to pass through the Israeli parliament with the support of some unlikely allies

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read
Religious Zionism leader Bezalel Smotrich talks with a Charedi MK ahead of US President Trump's address to the Knesset on October 13, 2025 (Getty Images)
Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich sits before a press conference near the settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank on August 14, 2025 (Image: Getty)
Bezalel Smotrich

Smotrich claims he’s in talks with Trump administration over post-war Gaza ‘real estate bonanza’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read
A view of neighbourhoods in Ma'ale in the West Bank (Image: Yonatan Sindel/ Flash 90)
Israel

Smotrich approves more than 3,000 new homes in long-frozen West Bank settlement to ‘bury Palestinian state’

By JC Reporter

1 min read
Protesters gather in a demonstration organised by the families of the Israeli hostages taken captive in the Gaza Strip since the October 2023 calling for action to secure their release outside the Defence Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv on August 9, 2025. (Image: Getty)
Yaakov Katz

By Yaakov Katz

Netanyahu’s Gaza options are limited but the biggest constraints are self-inflicted

4 min read
Credit: Shomron Regional Council
Settlers

Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich poses next to ‘death to Arabs’ graffiti during West Bank visit

By Eliana Silver

1 min read
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (c) has seemingly confirmed that Israel will not engage in any more ceasefire negotiations with Hamas (Image: Getty)
Hamas

Hostage talks collapse as Israel and Hamas both announce withdrawal

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read
The Netherlands has banned far-right ministers Bezalel Smotrich (L) and Itamar Ben-Gvir (R) from entering the country over their alleged 'incitement' of settler violence in the West Bank and 'ethnic cleansing' in Gaza (Image: Flash90)
Israel

Netherlands sanctions far-right Israeli ministers over ‘calls for ethnic cleansing’ in Gaza

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Insights Delivered Daily

Unlock access to our community and get the latest news straight to your inbox!

All Newsletters

Far-right minister claims IDF chief supports ‘security annexation’ of sections of Gaza

By JC Reporter

2 min read

||

July 23, 2025 14:30
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has claimed that IDF's chief of staff, Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir, supports the 'security annexation' of sections of Gaza (Image: Flash90)

Yair Golan claims far-right ministers are ‘not Zionists’ and ‘not Jews’ over reactions to IDF deaths

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

||

July 8, 2025 10:38
Yair Golan has claimed that far-right ministers Smotrich and Ben-Gvir are 'not Jews' after accusing them of politicising the deaths of five Charedi IDF soldiers (Image: Flash90)
Jake Wallis Simons

By Jake Wallis Simons

Sanction speech in the Jewish state, tolerate antisemitism all around it

4 min read

||

June 12, 2025 15:18
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, David Lammy, arrives at 10 Downing Street (Image: Getty)

US condemns UK sanctions against far-right Israeli ministers

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

||

June 11, 2025 09:36
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has condemned the UK's decision to sanction two far-right Israeli ministers (Image: Getty)

UK sanctions far-right Israeli ministers Ben-Gvir and Smotrich for ‘incitement of West Bank violence’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

||

June 10, 2025 13:07
The UK has sanctioned far-right Israeli ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir (left) and Bezalel Smotrich (Image: Getty)

Smotrich preparing ‘operational plan’ to enforce ‘Israeli sovereignty’ over West Bank

By JC Reporter

1 min read

||

June 6, 2025 13:21
Far-right Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich has ordered his office to draw up 'operational plans' to assert 'Israeli sovereignty' over the West Bank (Image: Flash90)

UK condemns Israel’s approval of new West Bank settlements

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

||

May 29, 2025 16:01
Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer. Credit: UK Parliament.

ICC considering warrants against Smotrich and Ben-Gvir

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

||

May 28, 2025 11:17
The ICC is reportedly considering issuing arrest warrants for far-right Israeli ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir (left) and Bezalel Smotrich (Image: Getty)

Israel approves 22 new West Bank settlements in ‘secret vote’

By JC Reporter

1 min read

||

May 28, 2025 10:17
Israel has reportedly approved the creation of 22 new West Bank settlements, including new building projects (Pictured: settlers set up tents and Israeli flags outside the village of Bruqin; Image: Flash90)
Prev
123
Next