Bezalel Smotrich
Several parties declare who they will recommend for PM ahead of presidential consultations
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit party on Tuesday confirmed its intention to recommend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the candidate to form the government.
IDF ends controversial Hebron operation after days of terror probe, forced evacuations
Israel cannot defeat extremism by embracing it - opinion
Netanyahu meets Ben-Gvir, Smotrich as opposition leaders hold coalition talks
Netanyahu's Likud, Smotrich's RZP sign surplus-vote agreement ahead of elections
Likud signed a surplus vote agreement with Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionist Party, while Otzma Yehudit accused Netanyahu’s party of sidelining Ben-Gvir.
‘I want to see it empty’: Feiglin calls for annexation of Gaza during next gov’t's term - interview
“I want to see Gaza empty. I am not afraid when they’re hiding behind their own babies. And this is what they do,” Feiglin said.
Netanyahu, Smotrich intervene to cut gas prices again after Israel reaches record high
The order reducing the fuel excise tax, which Smotrich signed on Sunday, lowered the price of a liter of gasoline from NIS 8.27 to NIS 7.77.
Finance Ministry aims to cut record high gas prices by 50 agorot, needs attorney-general's approval
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich intends to introduce the additional reduction, which, if approved and completed, is expected to bring the price of a liter of gasoline down to about NIS 7.77.
Israeli ministers call for increased military action after flydubai incident
Ministers and opposition politicians also praised the Israeli passengers aboard the flybubai aircraft, saying that they saved many lives and potentially prevented a disaster on the scale of 9/11.
Lapid: Nothing close to flydubai incident discussed during latest security briefing with Netanyahu
Lapid issued the statement following the incident aboard a Tel Aviv-bound flydubai flight, which was diverted to Saudi Arabia after an apparent attempt by a pilot to seize control of the aircraft.
Smotrich to again increase state fuel subsidies to counter rise in gas prices
A similar move by Smotrich earlier in September, approved by the prime minister's legal advisor, was seen as unwise by the Treasury's professional echelon, according to N12.
WATCH: Strock says Israel will establish settlements across West Bank Areas A, B as sanctions mount
In addition, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said he would make no distinction between Areas A, B, and C if appointed defense minister.
Smotrich, Strock demand Netanyahu reject new BoP Gaza plan, say it contradicts US-Israel agreements
The ministers said the official proposal now advanced by the BoP is “completely contrary to the understandings that were reached between [Netanyahu] and the US administration and the BoP."
Businesses damaged through extortion to be assisted by NIS 35 million program backed by Smotrich
Smotrich's plan includes compensation worth tens of millions of shekels for victims of protection-money extortion, aiming to enable those the have suffered protection payments to refuse to pay.
