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
Thursday, 15 October 2026
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
Monday, 12 October 2026
- Jewish Agency Chief Almog: Israel can absorb one million new immigrants amid rising antisemitism
- Smotrich Takes on the Haredim: "They are Ungrateful to Hashem"
- Bezalel Smotrich: 'I pray that God leads Rabbi Lando to repent as well'
- Smotrich Says He Offered Former General Ofer Winter Top Spot on Combined Slate
- Smotrich urges defiance of High Court over Samaria camps
- Smotrich: Haredim are ungrateful to G-d
- Smotrich opposes plan to hike tax on tech workers' options
- Smotrich Urges IDF To Defy High Court Order on Return of Palestinians to Refugee Camps
- Smotrich: Supreme Court endangering Israel's security
- Smotrich: Supreme Court endangering Israel's security
- Smotrich calls on Netanyahu, Katz to defy High Court over return of Palestinians to Jenin, Tulkarm
- Smotrich calls on Netanyahu, Katz to defy High Court over return of Palestinians to Jenin, Tulkarm
- Netanyahu's election gamble: Team up with Smotrich, take votes from Ben-Gvir