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
Sunday, 11 October 2026
Saturday, 10 October 2026
Thursday, 8 October 2026
- Netanyahu, Smotrich hold conference to rally right-wing voters, excluding Ben-Gvir
- SAVING THE RIGHT: Netanyahu and Smotrich Convene Election Strategy Conference With Religious Zionist Leaders; Ben-Gvir Not Invited
- Netanyahu meets with hundreds of rabbis ahead of elections
- Netanyahu meets with hundreds of rabbis ahead of elections
- Netanyahu and Smotrich Appear Before Rabbis in Jerusalem Without Ben-Gvir
- Netanyahu and Smotrich Launch Joint Election Drive - Without Ben-Gvir
Wednesday, 7 October 2026
- Ben-Gvir excluded from right-wing convention with Netanyahu and Smotrich ahead of Oct. election
- Feiglin Calls to End State Funding for Yeshiva Students
- ‘There will be no Tel Aviv’: Egyptians threaten Israel following Smotrich Sinai comments
- On the Way Out? Netanyahu Excludes Ben Gvir from Conference on Election Strategy
- Netanyahu, Smotrich to meet rabbis to strengthen right-wing bloc
- Netanyahu, Smotrich to meet rabbis to strengthen right-wing bloc
- Far-right minister petitions against Israeli AG's freeze of E1 settlement tender
Tuesday, 6 October 2026
- Sofer Urges Israel to Plan for Mass Aliyah by French Jews
- Smotrich urges permanent Israeli sovereignty in Gaza, Lebanon
- Likud And Smotrich Sign Surplus-Vote Agreement; Otzma Yehudit Lashes Out
- E1 construction delay | Smotrich petitions High Court against Attorney General
- E1 construction delay | Smotrich petitions High Court against Attorney General
- Smotrich: ‘Voluntary migration’ of Gazans to Muslim countries ‘is not racism’
- Smotrich: ‘Voluntary migration’ of Gazans to Muslim countries ‘is not racism’
- Smotrich urges permanent Israeli sovereignty in Gaza, Lebanon
- Multi-million Herod’s Pools renovation project begins amid gov’t push to promote West Bank tourism
- Arab alliance vows to help oust Netanyahu amid delegitimization campaign