Bezalel Smotrich

Bezalel Smotrich, born on February twenty-seventh, nineteen eighty-one, is a prominent Israeli politician and lawyer currently serving as the Minister of Finance since two thousand twenty-two. He is the leader of the Religious Zionist Party and has previously held positions as a Knesset member for both the Jewish Home and Yamina parties. In two thousand twenty-three, he resigned under the Norwegian Law, which allowed him to maintain his ministerial role while enabling another candidate from his party to take his seat in the Knesset.

Residing in the settlement of Kedumim in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Smotrich's home is considered illegal under international law, as it was built outside the settlement's proper boundaries. His political stance is characterized by strong support for the expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, a firm opposition to Palestinian statehood, and a denial of the existence of a Palestinian people.

Smotrich's controversial statements have often been labeled as