August 29, 2025

Bezalel Smotrich

Finance

Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announces controversial plan for West Bank settlement to ‘bury’ Palestinian statehood

Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has mapped out plans for the West Bank which his office has described as “burying the idea of a Palestinian state” Mr Smotrich on Thursday (local time) announced a scheme for a planned Israeli settlement which has previously been delayed, lashing out at countries over their Palestinian statehood stances as

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Finance

Israeli finance minister slams potential hostage deal with Hamas as ‘foolish’

JERUSALEM/ISTANBUL Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich criticized the possibility of signing a partial hostage exchange deal with the Palestinian group Hamas, calling it “foolish.” In a post Wednesday on X, Smotrich claimed that Hamas has been under tremendous pressure and distress in recent days due to a change in the aid distribution system and its

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