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Advocacy Groups Urge US to Ban Smotrich over Racist Call to ‘Wipe out’ Huwwara

March 4, 2023

By Palestine Chronicle Staff   A growing number of advocacy groups are urging the United States to deny Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich entry to the country after his calls to “wipe out” the Palestinian […]

US Condemns Israeli Minister’s ‘Disgusting’ Call to ‘Wipe Out’ Huwwara

March 2, 2023

By Palestine Chronicle Staff   The United States condemned on Wednesday the comments made by far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who called for the Palestinian town of Huwwara to be “wiped out”, slamming the […]

Jewish Settler Leader Says ‘Huwwara Should Be Wiped out Today’

February 27, 2023

The Deputy Head of the West Bank Settlement Council, Davidi Ben Zion, called on Sunday night for illegal Jewish settlers to “wipe out” the village of Huwwara, the Middle East Monitor reported. “Enough with talk […]

Smotrich, Ben-Gvir Demand Netanyahu More Power over Occupied West Bank

February 18, 2023

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir have demanded that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu immediately hand over authority over the occupied West Bank, Israeli media reported on Friday. According to Israeli […]

Israel’s Finance Minister Smotrich Refuses to Transfer Tax Money to PA

February 1, 2023

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has dismissed reports published by an Israeli channel that his ministry transferred tax money to the Palestinian Authority, the Middle East Monitor reported. According to the Israeli media, Smotrich categorically […]

Netanyahu’s New Government, Judicial Reform Protested in Tel Aviv

January 8, 2023

Thousands of demonstrators protested Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government Saturday in Tel Aviv, Anadolu News Agency reported. Protesters gathered in Habima Square in central Tel Aviv to demonstrate against the government’s plan to reduce […]

Netanyahu Closer to Far-Right Government with New Legislation

December 27, 2022

Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu moved one step closer on Tuesday toward establishing a government after the Israeli parliament approved divisive legislation agreed with his far-right coalition partners, Reuters news agency reported. Despite a clear […]

Always Room for More: Zionism’s Endless Extremism

December 24, 2022

By Jeremy Salt In the latest incarnation of Israeli politics, incoming  ‘prime minister’ Benyamin Netanyahu has given the most extreme figures on an already extreme spectrum the portfolios for ‘national security’ and settlement-building on the West […]

Netanyahu to Give Far-right Politician Smotrich Power over West Bank Settlements

December 24, 2022

Incoming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly handed considerable power to far-right politician Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionism party to approve the construction of settlements in the occupied West Bank, The New Arab reported. As […]

Israel’s Netanyahu Forms New Coalition Government

December 22, 2022

By Palestine Chronicle Staff   Israel’s prime minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu has informed Israeli President Isaac Herzog that he has succeeded in forming a coalition government, Reuters reported. “I have managed (to form a government),” Netanyahu […]

Netanyahu Expected to Announce New Coalition Government ahead of Midnight Deadline

December 21, 2022

Israel’s prime minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to announce on Wednesday that he has formed a coalition government as the midnight deadline fast approaches, The New Arab reported. The 73-year-old is likely to inform President […]

Old Bi-Bi – A Poem by Mats Svensson

December 16, 2022

By Mats Svensson Old Bi-Bibi Where you been, baby? Been to your friend in the White Old Bi-Bibi See you are back now Got new instructions Old Bi-Bibi What’s wrong with you? It ain’t your […]

Netanyahu to Agree to ‘Soft Annexation’ of West Bank, In Breach of ‘Abraham Accords’

November 24, 2022

Israel’s designated Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has been accused of breaking his agreement with Arab countries during the current coalition negotiations, Israeli media reported. The Likud leader is reported to have agreed to move the […]

Israel’s Far-Right Smotrich Says New Government Will Act against Rights Groups

November 23, 2022

Far-right Israeli parliamentarian Bezalel Smotrisch said that the new Israeli government will act against human rights groups which, he said, pose an “existential threat to the state of Israel,” the Middle East Monitor reported. Smotrich […]

United States and Israel: Election Contradiction

November 17, 2022

By Alice Rothchild   The predicted Republican tsunami now turned red puddle revealed that despite gerrymandering, voter suppression, and massive amounts of right-wing billionaire money and disinformation, US voters have major qualms about a MAGA […]

US Asks Netanyahu Not to Appoint Smotrich as Defense Minister

November 16, 2022

The American administration of President Joe Biden has asked Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu not to appoint Bezalel Smotrich as defense minister, Israeli media reported. According to The Times of Israel, Netanyahu cited American concerns […]

Benny Gantz Warns of Rising Extremism in Israel

November 9, 2022

Outgoing Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz warned Wednesday of rising extremism inside Israel, Anadolu News Agency reported. “The extremism in society and in the government is what bothers me,” Gantz said in statements cited by […]

Israeli Elections: With 86% of Votes Counted, Netanyahu Looks Set for Victory

November 2, 2022

With 86 percent of the votes counted after Tuesday’s general election in Israel, Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu is set to win. Netanyahu’s bloc is set to obtain 65 out of 120 seats. Likud party rose to […]

Israelis Go to Polls as Netanyahu Bids for Comeback

November 1, 2022

Israelis began voting for the fifth time in less than four years on Tuesday, with former premier Benjamin Netanyahu bidding for a comeback, Reuters news agency reported. After years of deadlock, voter exasperation may hurt […]

Why Resistance Matters: Palestinians are Challenging Israel’s Unilateralism, Dominance

August 3, 2022

By Ramzy Baroud   Until recently, Israeli politics did not matter to Palestinians. Though the Palestinian people maintained their political agency under the most demoralizing conditions, their collective action rarely influenced outcomes in Israel, partly […]

Right-Wing MK Proposes Bill for Applying Israeli Sovereignty over West Bank

June 16, 2022

Leader of Israel’s Religious Zionism alliance, Bezalel Smotrich, is planning to propose a bill to the Knesset asking it to vote on applying Israeli sovereignty over the occupied West Bank, Israel’s Channel 7 reported on […]

MAB Condemns Entry of Far-right Israeli Parliamentarian to UK

February 10, 2022

The Muslim Association of Britain (MAB) has issued a statement on Thursday condemning the entry into the UK of notorious far-right Israeli parliamentarian, Bezalel Smotrich, the Middle East Monitor reported. Smotrich, who heads the Religious […]

Jewish Settlers Storm Sheikh Jarrah, Threaten Palestinian Families

June 22, 2021

Jewish settlers, backed by Israeli police and accompanied by member of the Knesset Bezalel Smotrich (Religious Zionism) stormed the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah and threatened three Palestinian families that they will be forcibly […]

Right-Wing Israeli MK: Canceling Flag March ‘Shameful Surrender to Hamas’

June 8, 2021

Israeli police’s decision to cancel the Flag March, due to be held on Thursday in Jerusalem, over security concerns is a “shameful surrender to terror and Hamas threats,” a right-wing Knesset member said yesterday. Head […]

Israeli MK Threatens to Expel Muslims Who Do Not Recognize Israel as Land of Jews

April 9, 2021

Leader of the far-right Religious Zionist party MK Bezalel Smotrich on Thursday threatened to expel an Arab MK and other Muslims who do not accept the rule of Jews in Israel. Earlier in the day, […]

Israeli Minister Calls on His Government to Dismantle PA

December 22, 2019

An Israeli minister has called on his government to dismantle the Palestinian Authority (PA) government in a reaction to the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to launch an investigation into alleged Israeli war crimes. In a tweet […]

Israeli Transportation Minister: ‘I Intend to Judaize the Galilee’

June 21, 2019

Newly-appointed Israeli transportation minister Bezalel Smotrich has declared that one of his main objectives is to ‘Judaize the Galilee’, in light of the region’s number of Palestinian citizens. In an interview with Israel Hayom, the notorious right-wing nationalist also vowed […]

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