Bezalel Smotrich
Bezalel Smotrich heads the Religious Zionism party and has served as finance minister, along with a second ministerial role in the Defense Ministry overseeing civilian affairs in the West Bank. Coverage centers on the state budget, economic policy and settlement issues. Reporting on Smotrich from Israel's newsrooms is collected here.
Earlier coverage
Saturday, 17 October 2026
- Ben Gvir’s visit to Ramle market sparks joy and outrage in mixed Arab-Jewish city
- Several Petah Tikva synagogues refuse to host Smotrich, cite objections to politics during services
- Several Petah Tikva synagogues refuse to host Smotrich, cite objections to politics during services
- Several Petah Tikva synagogues refuse to host Smotrich, cite objections to politics during services
Thursday, 15 October 2026
- Show of strength in Jerusalem: 5,000 attend Religious Zionist Party rally
- Show of strength in Jerusalem: 5,000 attend Religious Zionist Party rally
- Likud, Smotrich say they’ll put 2,000 activists at Arab polling stations on election day
- Likud, Smotrich say they’ll put 2,000 activists at Arab polling stations on election day
- High Court Backs Netanyahu and Smotrich: Yehuda Eliyahu Stays on at Israel Land Authority
- Netanyahu, Smotrich to send activists to poll stations in Arab communities
- ‘If they attack, there will be no Sinai’: Egypt's Sisi responds to Smotrich
- Egypt's el-Sisi Tells Smotrich Cairo Has No War Agenda
- Likud, Smotrich to post activists at Arab polling stations on election day, citing unsubstantiated concerns of fraud
Wednesday, 14 October 2026
Tuesday, 13 October 2026
- A blow to Winter: Davidi Ben-Zion quits Amcha Yisrael party
- A blow to Winter: Davidi Ben-Zion quits Amcha Yisrael party
- Ban on appointing ILA chief: Smotrich slams High Court, calls ruling a 'legal injustice'
- Ban on appointing ILA chief: Smotrich slams High Court, calls ruling a 'legal injustice'
- Smotrich: ‘Complete lie’ that IDF troops are burdened because of Haredi exemption
- Smotrich: ‘Complete lie’ that IDF troops are burdened because of Haredi exemption
- Yated Ne'eman Attacks Smotrich: A Cheder Child Knows More Than He Does
- Netanyahu-Eisenkot unity government? The unlikely deal that could break Israel's deadlock
- MK Asher to Smotrich: You Opened Your Mouth Against Gedolei Yisrael
- The battle for Judea and Samaria, the Jewish people's biblical heartland