Posts Tagged: Bezalel Smotrich
US Officials to Boycott Smotrich During his Visit
i24 News - According to a senior political official via Channel 12, Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is now considered "persona non grata,” among the American...
‘Repugnant’: State Department Slams Israeli Minister Who Called for Palestinian Town to Be ‘Erased’
State Department Spokesman Ned Price on Wednesday issued a rare and vigorous rebuke of an Israeli government official after Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called for...
West Bank: Palestinian Killed in Revenge Riots by Israeli Settlers in Huwara
i24 News - Israelis and Palestinians clashed on Sunday in the Palestinian town where a terrorist murdered two Jewish Israelis earlier in the day. There were...
Netanyahu Blocks Heavy Sanctions on PA After UN Vote
i24 News - Israel's cabinet approved sanctions against the Palestinian Authority following its appeal to the International Court of Justice to examine the legality of...
Can US Jews Love the Real Israel—Or Only the Fantasy Version?
JNS.org - The Israeli government that was sworn in on Thursday brings with it new challenges for those who care about the Jewish state. The...
Israel’s New Ministers Undergo Transition of Power on 1st Day
i24News – Israel's incoming ministers were given their respective portfolios from the outgoing leaders in Sunday's transition of power ceremonies. At the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem,...
Israel: Knesset Passes Law Granting Ben-Gvir Unprecedented Power Over Police
i24 News - Israel's parliament on Wednesday passed incoming national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's bill that will give him unprecedented control over Israel's police. The debates...
Top Dutch Jewish Advocacy Organization Expresses Concern at New Right-Wing Israeli Government
In a rare expression of dissent, the leading Jewish advocacy organization in the Netherlands has emphasized its concern at the presence of far-right ministers in...
Error-Prone New York Times Jerusalem Bureau Chief Takes on an “Ultranationalist” Israeli Politician
The New York Times’ error-prone Jerusalem bureau chief, Patrick Kingsley, has decided to fill New York Times readers in on Israeli politician Bezalel Smotrich. In doing...
Tom Friedman Column Is So Wrong It’s Funny
So wrong it’s funny. That’s one way to to describe the latest column from Tom Friedman in the New York Times, which appears under the apocalyptic...
Israeli Far-Right Lawmaker Demands Halt to Soccer Matches Being Held on Shabbat
The chairman of Israel’s far-right Religious Zionist party Bezalel Smotrich demanded a halt to professional soccer games being held on Shabbat, the Jewish day of...
Ex-US Ambassador to Israel: Biden Administration Unlikely to Work With Ben-Gvir and Smotrich
Speaking to The Algemeiner, former US Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro said that he thinks it’s unlikely that the Biden Administration will directly engage with...
Israel Joins the West’s Culture Wars
JNS.org - With the result of its election this week, Israel has joined other Western countries in a notable current trend: A revolt by the...
Jewish Groups Call for Expulsion of Far-Right Israeli MK Visiting Britain
A group of Jewish and Israel-focused organizations asked the United Kingdom's home secretary on Thursday to expel a far-right Israeli Knesset member who was visiting...
