Bezalel Smotrich
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“this entire issue would be over”
Bezalel Smotrich · said 2026-09-12 · reported 2026-09-15
Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich suggested that if European countries took in 20,000 to 30,000 Gaza residents each, the issue would be over.
“bury the idea of a Palestinian state”
Bezalel Smotrich · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-14
In August 2025, Smotrich approved more than 3,000 homes in the E1 settlement project, declaring the move would bury the idea of a Palestinian state.
“The British Mandate in Israel is over.”
Bezalel Smotrich · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-08
Smotrich wrote on X that the British Mandate in Israel is over amid the planned UK sanctions on Israeli settlements.
“We will not be a doormat for an antisemitic government in a country occupied by radical Islam that is trying to escape economic and social collapse by attacking Jews and the State of Israel,”
Bezalel Smotrich · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-08
Smotrich called for the British ambassador's expulsion in a post on X in response to the planned UK sanctions.
“The Palestinian state is being erased from the table not with slogans but with actions,”
Bezalel Smotrich · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21
Israel's finance minister celebrated the approval of the E1 settlement plan.
“establish sovereignty in Judea and Samaria (a name for the occupied West Bank used by Israel), first on the ground and then through legislation⦠My life's mission is to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state”
Bezalel Smotrich · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21
Bezalel Smotrich discussed the strategic goals behind settlement construction in the West Bank.
“ensures that the settlements will not remain on paper - but will be established on the ground”
Bezalel Smotrich · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21
Bezalel Smotrich defended road construction across the West Bank as a way to firmly establish settlements.
“21 years after the crime of expulsion from northern Samaria, we have completed the correction [â¦] and have returned to the settlement of Kadim,”
Bezalel Smotrich · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21
Bezalel Smotrich spoke at the opening ceremony marking the return to the settlement of Kadim.
“buries the idea of a Palestinian state”
Bezalel Smotrich · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21
Bezalel Smotrich linked the E1 settlement plans to preventing Palestinian statehood.
“We will not normalize the erosion of deterrence and the brazenness of our enemies in recent weeks against the pioneers of settlement and the farms. I demand that the IDF act with an iron fist against the village of the murderers and its surroundings and restore governance and deterrence,”
Bezalel Smotrich · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-24
Smotrich demanded the IDF act with an iron fist against the village of the murderers.
“The people of the farms and the heroic settlement pioneers are the defensive wall of the State of Israel. We will continue to strengthen and honor them for their steadfast stand for our existence in the Land of Israel against Arab terrorism,”
Bezalel Smotrich · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-24
Smotrich praised settlement pioneers as the defensive wall of the State of Israel.
“A tough morning. I send my heartfelt condolences to the family of the murdered, pray for the recovery of the wounded in the attack, and embrace the residents and hikers,”
Bezalel Smotrich · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-24
Smotrich offered condolences to the family of the murdered and prayed for the wounded.