Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has threatened to break down Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition if the struggle would not proceed in Gaza.
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Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has threatened to break down Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition if the struggle would not proceed in Gaza.
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Bezalel Smotrich’s views have been as soon as fringe in Israel. He is an ultranationalist West Financial institution settler, who has repeatedly known as for Israel to resettle the Gaza Strip.
In the present day, as finance minister, he is a key determine influencing the way forward for Israel’s struggle in opposition to Hamas.
NPR’s Hadeel Al-Shalchi has the story of Smotrich’s rise to energy in Israel politics.
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