Smotrich has rejected Ben Gvir’s demands for a further budget increase for the police, which the latter oversees as national security minister, leading Otzma Yehudit to boycott today’s votes.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich accuses fellow cabinet Minister Itamar Ben Gvir of “populism” after his far-right Otzma Yehudit threatens to continue voting against budget-related bills to ...

Speaking with reporters ahead of his Religious Zionism party’s weekly faction meeting in the Knesset, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said ... Minister Itamar Ben Gvir also reiterated his ...

Smotrich's decision comes days after Ben-Gvir and his party resigned Several Otzma Yehudit MKs, including its party head, former National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, submitted resignation ...

The first-stage ceasefire and hostage deal approved by Israel's cabinet on Saturday is a "complete victory for terrorism," ...

Israeli far-right minister Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionism party has said it will quit the government if the ...

Ben-Gvir's remarks were made as part of his call to Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to leave the government if a hostage deal would be approved. "The emerging deal is a surrender to Hamas!" Ben-Gvir ...

Ben-Gvir has repeatedly publicly rejected the deal. Right-wing Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich threatened Sunday to overthrow the government if it does not occupy the Gaza Strip, the Anadolu ...

Smotrich contrasted his approach to that of Otzma Yehudit chairman MK Itamar Ben-Gvir. The two ran on a joint list in the last election but split into two separate parties after the election.

We must return to war and destruct,” Ben-Gvir wrote. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who voted against the deal but did not leave the government, wrote on X/Twitter, “Precious Liri, Daniella, ...

The far-right Otzma Yehudit party, led by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, said on Saturday it would follow through on its threat to leave the government, with members to hand in ...