Bezalel Smotrich
Beyond the polls: What are Israelis really thinking as they head to the ballot box?
Each new poll produces a headline that often disagrees with other outlets. Israelis follow polls like a tennis match, their heads swiveling from side to side, following the ball in play.
Netanyahu vows to hunt Hamas terrorists as ministers demand major West Bank military operation
Smotrich says Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir previously backed Knesset coalition with Ra'am that he shut down
Eisenkot leads Netanyahu as Winter, Hendel-Zelekha may not cross electoral threshold - poll
High Court lifts freeze on NIS 78m. Religious Services funding, keeps broader freeze in place
The freeze stems from a petition challenging an August 4 Knesset Finance Committee meeting held during the election recess.
Israel Election 2026: What does Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionist Party stand for?
"If I put this ballot in the box, what government, policies, and political reality am I helping create?"
Smotrich calls on Netanyahu to conquer Gaza under military rule, re-establish settlements
"There is no one in the world who will do the work for us. There is no country in the world that will send its soldiers to shed their blood and forcibly disarm Hamas," he told the students.
Smotrich: Israel should target, kill Hamas leaders, not negotiate with them
Smotrich further asserted that Netanyahu's stated goals for Gaza were only "halfway there," with the missing half being full Israeli control of Gaza, including Israeli settlement there.
Smotrich outlines 10-year plan to bring one million olim from North America, Europe - interview
"We now need to take aliyah and deal with it at the same scale, the same investment, the same intensity with which we dealt with security and settlement," said the finance minister.
Eight ministers, lawmakers wanted to leave Netanyahu's Likud for Otzma Yehudit, Ben-Gvir reveals
"They see Otzma's polls, they saw how strong we are, and they wanted to join," Ben-Gvir elaborated.
A-G warns haredi schools face funding cuts over core curriculum gaps
During the hearing, the justices sharply criticized the state. Justice Gila Canfy-Steinitz asked the state's representative: "Under what law or procedure were the funds transferred?"
The secret Smotrich kept from his wife: Israel was going to war with Iran - interview
He voted against the January 2025 hostage deal, his own voters demanded he resign, and Ben-Gvir walked out. Smotrich stayed silent for five months. In an interview with the Post, he explained why.
Israel Katz and the Likud are ‘boom-boom-booming’ politics away – opinion
Regardless of who is competing in Israel’s upcoming elections, what must remain a top priority is to keep an eye on which politician intends to do what with the power bestowed upon them.
WATCH: 'I know how to act responsibly': Smotrich outlines election strategy, plan to draft haredim
“I think that right now the Religious Zionist public can and should run on its own as a big, strong, significant party,” Smotrich told the Post.