03.07 2025: …including fellow Likud party lawmaker Shlomo Karhi, Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich and influential far-right politician Simcha Rothman, according to the explanatory note. Israel’s haredi Orthodox parties,…
30.06 2025: …explosive device detonated during operational activity in Jabaliya yesterday. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich stated, ina press conference today, that he would oppose any agreements that would include ending the fighting in Gaza.…
17.06 2025: Timothy Hunter, the press secretary at the Campaign Finance Board, explained, “as soon as a candidate gets more than 50%, they immediately win, whether it’s first-round, second-round or third-round” of the ranked-choice election.…
29.05 2025: Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference about the state budget in Jerusalem, Feb. 28, 2023. Israel is embarking on the largest expansion of West Bank settlements in decades, its finance…
28.05 2025: Palmer, a spokesperson for the Department of Finance …on Newsom’s behalf. As to the reason why, “the short answer is that the state has limited available ongoing resources.” The money is needed by local school districts for classroom…
21.05 2025: Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich …and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who have advocated fiercely for cutting off humanitarian aid and reclaiming territory from the Palestinians in Gaza.…
24.04 2025: …helped finance the Institutes of Microbiology and Chemistry in Jerusalem — which later became part of Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School. Today, Hebrew University boasts 1,000 faculty members and 23,…
17.04 2025: the heads of some of those groups …during the Israeli finance minister’s visit to the United States. Their meeting, when publicized months later, prompted blowback from liberal and centrist Jewish groups.…
17.04 2025: Prior to his appointment, he was the CEO of finance firm Cantor Fitzgerald. …is the creator of “Saturday Night Live,” one of the most influential comedy shows in American television history. Born Abraham Lipowitz in Toronto,…
02.04 2025: …on imports from the US. The order requires approval from the Knesset finance Committee. The tariffs are mainly on agricultural produce and are relatively insignificant.…
24.03 2025: …cutting power to UNRWA buildings, and Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich for not closing UNRWA’s Israeli bank accounts. Illouz said that Malinovsky, as a member of the opposition, would naturally focus on the government’s failures.…
04.03 2025: Trump’s treasury secretary is due to welcome far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, one of the foremost proponents of annexation whom the Biden administration shunned. Asked about Israeli West Bank annexation in early…
02.02 2025: …chaired the powerful Senate Finance Committee, which oversees taxes, trade and tariffs, Social Security, Medicare and health policy. His seniority gives him status even in the minority: On Wednesday, as the top Democrat on the Finance Committee,…
17.01 2025: Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Internal Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir voted against the deal. News Update The government is meeting at this time to approve the ceasefire and hostage release agreement.…
17.01 2025: In his litany of social media posts against the deal, far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich objected to the release of “arch terrorists.” In June, shortly after Biden announced the framework for a ceasefire deal,…
15.01 2025: Mor urged Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who oppose the deal, as well as “Likud ministers and Likud Knesset members to do everything to stop a deal that will result in us having 70…
14.01 2025: Meanwhile, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said he could not support the deal because he believes that it is catastrophic for Israel’s security. He tweeted, “We will not be part of a capitulation deal that would include the release…
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09.12 2024: …and as far-right Israeli government ministers have called for resettling the Palestinian enclave. Finance Minister …and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir have also repeatedly called for Israel to encourage…
05.12 2024: International Development Finance Corporation; Jared Kushner; David Friedman, the U.S. ambassador to Israel; and Avi Berkowitz, the Trump administration Middle East envoy, pose in front of the U.…
27.11 2024: Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a senior member of the Security Cabinet, informed Netanyahu of his four demands for supporting the agreement, Israel’s Channel 12 News reported. The Religious Zionism leader reportedly…
19.11 2024: …and is the CEO of finance firm Cantor Fitzgerald. He raised campaign funds for Trump and has taken on a prominent role on the president-elect’s team in recent months, speaking for Trump in the media,…
18.11 2024: But it has so far resisted pressure to target two far-right Israeli cabinet ministers, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. Last month Trump has reportedly told the Israeli prime minister…
14.11 2024: …inspiring choice.” Sandra Parker, who chairs CUFI’s campaign finance arm, said Huckabee “believes in Israel’s right to self-determination and defense, not because it is politically convenient to do so but because these are immutable…
14.11 2024: House of Representatives and in the Senate, named Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir as “driving policies that promote settler violence, weaken the Palestinian Authority,…
12.11 2024: …far-right Israeli finance minister whose portfolio includes West Bank settlements, has A pastor by training who frequently leads evangelical Christian tours of the country, Huckabee once described his relationship to the country as…
11.11 2024: Leiter served as Netanyahu’s chief of staff at the Finance Ministry and various other political and advisory positions in the past, is an Orthodox rabbi and Judaic studies scholar. Born in Scranton in 1959,…
08.11 2024: Leiter was appointed Netanyahu’s chief of staff in 2004, when Netanyahu was the finance minister. He also served in the education ministry and the Israel Ports Company, which manages the seaports of Haifa,…
05.11 2024: …second only to Sheldon Adelson among conservative Jewish megadonors. Marcus helped propel Trump into the White House in 2016 by contributing $7 million and gave even more four years later to finance his failed reelection campaign.…
03.10 2024: the hometown of the attackers. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich stated that during tonight’s cabinet meeting, he would demand that the terrorists’ family members be deported “to Gaza tonight” and that their homes be demolished.…