Thousands of Israelis, including top gov't officials such as Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, marched to the illegal Evyatar settlement and vowed to build more in defiance of international law ⤵️
"Israeli protesters seem to ignore the fact that those who threaten their “liberal values”, like ministers Ben Gvir and Smotrich, are byproducts of Israel’s occupation of Palestine." — #AJOpinion by @marwanbishara ⤵️
The obvious course of political action at this point would be for Netanyahu to ditch Ben-Gvir and Smotrich and replace them with Benny Gantz’s party. But Netanyahu is not willing to pay the price for that, writes @AnshelPfeffer
Israel’s gov't is openly breaking with the US for the first time, Noam Chomsky told Al Jazeera, adding that far-right officials like National Security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich "are simply telling the United States, get lost." ⤵️
Israel's government must not compromise on the security of Israelis in settlements across the West Bank, 14 heads of local councils in the Judea and Samaria region told bezalel smotrich'>Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. Read more >>
There's a lot of evidence that bezalel smotrich'>Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and his far-right friends are determined to destroy Israel's economy as quickly as possible / Analysis
It seems that bezalel smotrich'>Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and his far-right friends are determined to destroy Israel's economy as quickly as possible / Eytan Avrial
#OPINION: Israel's PM #Netanyahu is a self-serving extremist, but real power is in the hands of figures such as #BenGvir and #Smotrich , who take deranged extremism to whole new levels, writes Baria Alamuddin
Bezalel Smotrich, the Israeli finance minister, is a longtime advocate of contentious plans to overhaul the judiciary. He has also helped exacerbate a second flashpoint — tensions with Palestinians.
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#Breaking : Netanyahu's ministers (but fo @AmbDermer ) have been ordered not to meet any top Biden administration officials until Netanyahu is invited to the White House@yaronavraham reports. (Could be anger about Netanyahu's non-invite. Could be hope avoiding Smotrich repeat.)
Does Biden have no backbone on Israel? He grants a visa to "Israel’s extremist finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, over the objection of Jewish American leaders who said he should be barred from the country for his call to 'wipe out' a Palestinian town."
bezalel smotrich'>Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, self-defined fascist homophobe who called to "wipe out Huwara," has been granted a diplomatic visa to enter the United States for an @IsraelBondsNews gala next week.
The US government is considering denying a visa to Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich ahead of his planned visit next week after he called for the Israeli government to "wipe out" the Palestinian village of Hawara following a settler rampage there.
VIDEO: Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's call to wipe out the Palestinian village of Huwara draws criticism from US State Department spokesman Ned Price. "These comments were irresponsible, they were repugnant, they were disgusting," Price said
Palestinian village of Huwara should be "wiped out", says Israeli Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich
Israeli minister of finance Bezalel Smotrich: “The Palestinian village of Hawara should be wiped out of the earth. The Israeli government needs to do it and not private citizens”
Israel's new government: From center clockwise: Benjamin Netanyahu, Smotrich, a supremacist theocrat, Ben Gvir, a messianic inciter to terror, Avi Maoz, a homophobe, Mosh Gafni, an old ultra-orthodox wheeler-dealer, Aryeh Deri a convicted tax fraud. Good luck!
Netanyahu ally Bezalel Smotrich to Arab Knesset members: "You're only here by mistake, because Ben-Gurion didn't finish the job, didn't throw you out in '48. I have no dialogue with you at all," the self-described proud homophobe said, calling them enemies and terror supporters.
Shri Eliyahu Bezalel became the first Israeli of Indian origin to receive the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman in 2005.
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