Bezalel Smotrich
Israeli far-right politician (born 1980)
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They will explain, persuade, recruit and motivate, and take people to the polls,
- Smotrich saidArutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…
I would like us to annex at least as far as the yellow line in Gaza and as far as the Litani River in Lebanon... because if a war ends along the same lines where it began, what will deter the enemy from going to war again,
- Smotrich said in a podcast for Israeli news site YnetGulf Newsgulfnews.com/world/mena…
- Giving his reason behind the call for war and annexation, Smotrich saidHindustan Timeshindustantimes.com/world/news…
- said SmotrichAljazeeraaljazeera.com/news/2026…
Unfortunately, I don't think he's listening
- Asked whether he was calling on Winter to withdraw from the race, Smotrich repliedArutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…
I did a doctorate on the Islamic Movement. This is the method of taqiyya, concealment, in which you hide your true objective and accumulate power through legitimate civilian activities — education, welfare, culture, healthcare. Once you've accumulated that power, you use it in order to achieve the objective, which is the destruction of the State of Israel."
- At the same time, Smotrich reiterated his firm opposition to including Ra'am (United Arab List) in a coalition, explainingArutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…
Winter is a highly accomplished officer, a good and worthy person. I very much wanted him to join us. But in my view, he has embarked on an irresponsible course. There is a 99.9% chance he won't cross the electoral threshold."
- Speaking in an interview with Ynet's "120 and One" podcast, Smotrich explainedArutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…
We invite all Israelis, from the north, south and center, to come during Chol HaMoed Sukkot, from Sunday through Thursday, and see with your own eyes the settlement revolution we are leading in Judea and Samaria
- Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich saidArutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…
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Netanyahu meets with hundreds of rabbis ahead of elections
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…War-ravaged Gaza is frozen in misery, a year into Trump’s peace plan
The Washington Postwashingtonpost.com/world/2026…In New Delhi, he signed a trade deal; in Mumbai, he visited the stock exchange; and in Gujarat — the home state of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi — he travelled to a new investment hub
Aljazeeraaljazeera.com/news/2026…Far-right minister Ben-Gvir boasts of demolishing Palestinian homes in election video
Haaretzhaaretz.com/israel/news…In the urgent petition, Smotrich is asking the court to overturn the directive and allow the tender process to proceed
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…Israel gas price to drop following Smotrich pre-election push
Haaretzhaaretz.com/israel/news…The price of a liter of gasoline will fall from 8.27 shekels to 7.77 shekels, providing drivers with a saving of 50 agurot per liter
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…Election committee allows Religious Zionism AI video of judges being dragged by police
Haaretzhaaretz.com/israel/news…Smotrich orders preparations for additional fuel subsidies amid energy crisis
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich calls for war in occupied West Bank
Aljazeeraaljazeera.com/news/2026…Winter announced his new "Amcha Yisrael" party earlier this year
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…Asher to haredi voters: Don't fall for Smotrich and Ben Gvir
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…Netanyahu: 'Israel’s economy is thriving; Smotrich has a hand in it'
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…1,000 Israeli flags raised across Galilee overnight
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…At the UN General Assembly, Emmanuel Macron's error on Hamas sparks Israeli anger
Le Mondelemonde.fr/en/international…French President Emanuel Macron's remarks on West Bank have drawn sharp reaction from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who termed it as ‘grotesque absurdity’
Hindustan Timeshindustantimes.com/world/news…Yair Golan calls to remove homesteads from Judea and Samaria
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…Erdogan slams Israel’s ‘genocidal mindset’ in blistering UN address
Aljazeeraaljazeera.com/news/2026…The United States banned Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas from attending the United Nations General Assembly high-level week in New York for the second year running
Irish Timesirishtimes.com/world/2026…Bedouin council head: Eisenkot promised to bring Ra’am into government
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…“The games are over:" Ben Gvir confronts residents in Bir Hadaj
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…Smotrich posts AI election ad showing chief justice and AG violently arrested
Haaretzhaaretz.com/israel/news…A campaign video released by the Religious Zionism party sparked harsh reactions on Tuesday from Gadi Eisenkot, Benny Gantz and Yair Golan
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…Smotrich unveils plan for judicial system
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…Trump administration offers rare muted response on new sanctions against Israel
CNNcnn.com/2026/09…The White House’s approach to U.S. allies hitting Israeli settlers with sanctions comes down to this: Say as little as possible and let it happen
Politicopolitico.com/news/2026…Feiglin: This alliance will reach double digits — and it’s just the beginning
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…Some Israeli actions in Syria may amount to war crimes, UN probe says
Haaretzhaaretz.com/israel/news…Israel announces closure of UK consulate in Jerusalem in response to sanctions over West Bank settlements
Hindustan Timeshindustantimes.com/world/news…Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar spoke on Monday evening with UK Opposition Leader Kemi Badenoch and Shadow Foreign Secretary Tom Tugendhat, following the British government’s latest announcement imposing sanctions on Jews in Judea and Samaria
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…Iran threatens US with new 'economic warfare' and missiles as Houthis attack Saudi Arabia
Deccan Heralddeccanherald.com/world/middle…Oil prices climb, air travel disrupted as tanker attacks raise Hormuz fears
Gulf Newsgulfnews.com/world/mena…Smotrich calls for expulsion of British ambassador over expected sanctions
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…Religious Zionist Party’s central committee approves: Smotrich to pursue further alliances
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…Poll: Eisenkot bloc loses ground as small parties break through
Haaretzhaaretz.com/israel/news…Religious Zionist Party chairman Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich explained to i24NEWS the considerations behind adding new figures and reserved spots to the party's slate
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…Netanyahu orders evacuation of some West Bank settler outposts
Le Mondelemonde.fr/en/international…President Trump has not put any brakes on Israeli settlement expansion, creeping annexation, military raids, demolitions of Palestinian homes or settler attacks — all of which have reached record numbers under the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
The New York Timesnytimes.com/2026/09…Watch: Tens of thousands at Selichot prayers at Western Wall
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…Feiglin on Smotrich alliance: ‘After the election, we each go our own way’
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…Spain urges EU to act against Israeli far-right ministers
Irish Timesirishtimes.com/world/europe…Merger moves forward: Smotrich and Feiglin to sign agreement tonight
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…Ahead of the merger, the party had been hovering around the electoral threshold, with Itamar Ben-Gvir vowing to run independently
Haaretzhaaretz.com/israel/news…IDF: 16 male soldiers to be jailed for refusing to operate alongside female soldier
Haaretzhaaretz.com/israel/news…Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich demands answers from the IDF after hesder soldiers were sent to military prison for refusing to enter a Namer with a female paramedic
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…Netanyahu backs Smotrich plan: We will bring the farm revolution to the Negev and Galilee
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…He showed off activists from a Gaza flotilla bound on the floor
CNNcnn.com/2026/08…Million Jews and 40 communities: Smotrich's plan causes uproar in Arab world
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…His party posted an AI-generated video on X showing two Arab men shouting and crying about the proposed plan
Hürriyet Daily Newshurriyetdailynews.com/israeli/…Ben Gvir defies Netanyahu: No deal with Smotrich
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…On Thursday, Netanyahu urged the two to 'overcome personal baggage' and unite, with Ben-Gvir mocking the appeal and accusing him of seeking to form a unity government with his leading rival and front-runner, Gadi Eisenkot
Haaretzhaaretz.com/israel/news…Netanyahu on coalition lawmaker's vandalism: Don't take law into your own hands
Haaretzhaaretz.com/israel/news…Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich addressed the controversy Tuesday surrounding the destruction of a memorial in the village of Madma by Knesset member Tzvi Succot
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…Eight Muslim-majority countries condemn Israel's E1 settlement plan in West Bank
Haaretzhaaretz.com/middle/east…Israel's plans to open up tenders for the construction of some 1,200 settlement homes in a strategically important part of the occupied West Bank have sparked fresh condemnation by major Western powers
BBCbbc.com/news/articles…Israelis return to closed West Bank settlement, defying growing international anger
Saudi Gazettesaudigazette.com.sa/article/66…Israelis began moving into the West Bank settlement of Kadim, the last of four communities evacuated in 2005, being repopulated
News24news24.com/world/israelis…It's not just violence: Israel is crushing the Palestinian economy too
Haaretzhaaretz.com/west/bank…Miliband and Israel clash over controversial West Bank settlement project
Sky Newsnews.sky.com/story/miliband…The Israeli government issued the tender a day earlier for seven residential compounds containing 1,234 housing units
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…MK Simcha Rothman: 'Reserve duty burden must be shared by more people'
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…Israeli settlers move back to northern West Bank settlement evacuated in 2005
Haaretzhaaretz.com/israel/news…Twenty-one years after the Disengagement from the communities of northern Samaria, and following a Cabinet decision led by Minister Bezalel Smotrich to legalize dozens of communities, families from the Ganim group arrived on the ground Thursday morning and reestablished the community
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…Smotrich to Netanyahu: Don't let Abbas return to Ramallah
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…Dahlan has been vocal since Hamas, at least on paper, agreed to relinquish its weapons and power in Gaza
Le Mondelemonde.fr/en/international…Netanyahu rejects Trump’s Gaza peace plan
CNNcnn.com/2026/08…Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected a US-led Gaza plan endorsed by Hamas, putting distance between himself and US President Donald Trump as he tries to shore up his base ahead of close elections
Gulf Newsgulfnews.com/world/iran…Former ISA chief rejects both Palestinian state and annexation
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…Political struggle of far-right ally Smotrich shows fault line in Netanyahu coalition
NBC Newsnbcnews.com/world/israel…Journalist Kalman Liebskind on Friday criticized Israelis who have moved abroad but plan to return to Israel specifically to vote in the upcoming elections, calling them "impudent" and questioning their morality
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…Far-Left activists storm Religious Zionist Party HQ
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…Demonstrators accused Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s party of funding outposts linked to settler attacks in the occupied West Bank
Aljazeeraaljazeera.com/video/newsfeed…Israel approves $37m to seize more than 70 occupied West Bank sites
Aljazeeraaljazeera.com/news/2026…Israel's Defense Minister orders IDF takeover of refugee camp, expulsion of Palestinians
Haaretzhaaretz.com/west/bank…The Civil Administration demolished several large unauthorized Palestinian structures in northern Samaria following the weekend's deadly terror attacks
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…Minister Smotrich to Arutz Sheva: The right cannot afford complacency ahead of elections
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…Among the leading contenders is Omer Rahamim, director of the Yesha Council, the umbrella body representing West Bank settlements
Haaretzhaaretz.com/israel/news…Ben Gvir: "We must return to targeted killings"
Arutz Shevaisraelnationalnews.com/news/43…In the name of Jewish supremacy: How Israeli TV distorted this weekend's West Bank violence
Haaretzhaaretz.com/israel/news…Settlements correspondent Jeremy Sharon examines Friday's fatal gunfight near Nablus and how Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is fueling the rising tensions across the West Bank
The Times Of Israeltimesofisrael.com/daily/briefi…