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, 4 October 2026
Saturday, 3 October 2026
Thursday, 1 October 2026
- Smotrich instructs funding of repatriation flights for Israelis stranded in Dubai
- Finance Ministry issues order to reduce excise tax on gasoline by 50 agorot
- Judge clears Smotrich’s explosive campaign video targeting judges
- Finance Ministry aims to cut record high gas prices by 50 agorot, needs attorney-general's approval
- Treasury approves another gasoline excise cut
- Israel weighs new fuel discount as gas hits yet another record
Wednesday, 30 September 2026
- Smotrich: Would-Be Plane Terrorist Must Pay as if He Succeeded
- Watch: Wounded in Jabaliya, IDF soldier dances with Smotrich at Simchat Beit Hashoeva
- Watch: Wounded in Jabaliya, IDF soldier dances with Smotrich at Simchat Beit Hashoeva
- SUKKOS SIMCHA: Smotrich Dances At Simchas Beis Hashoeiva At Yeshivas Merkaz HaRav In Yerushalayim
- Smotrich to again increase state fuel subsidies to counter rise in gas prices
- Smotrich to again increase state fuel subsidies to counter rise in gas prices
Tuesday, 29 September 2026
Monday, 28 September 2026
- Smotrich's response to the Palestinian Authority
- Attorney General backs down, E1 tender moves forward
- Feiglin: Rav Kahane zt"l was a Tzaddik- After October 7th, it's Hard to Deny he was Right
- Hundreds of Israeli flags torn down in Galilee
- Smotrich accuses attorney general of blocking E1 tender to help opposition win Israel’s election
- Smotrich accuses attorney general of blocking E1 tender to help opposition win Israel's election
- Smotrich, Strock demand Netanyahu reject new BoP Gaza plan, say it contradicts US-Israel agreements
- Smotrich, Strock demand Netanyahu reject new BoP Gaza plan, say it contradicts US-Israel agreements
Sunday, 27 September 2026
- Israel Election Poll: Eisenkot-Netanyahu tie as Smotrich hits new high
- Smotrich says IDF should do in Judea and Samaria ‘what we did in Gaza’
- AG postpones tenders for E1 settlement project; Smotrich accuses her of election meddling
- Smotrich: Israel must ‘go to war’ in West Bank, ‘do there what we did in Gaza’
- Far-right minister Smotrich accuses attorney general of election meddling over E1 settlement freeze