Bezalel Smotrich, the extremist Israeli finance minister, said it is “written” that Israel’s future is its expansion to Damascus and parts of Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia, according to a French documentary titled: “Israel: Extremists in Power.”
Bezalel Smotrich, the Israeli finance minister, told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reject any international pressure to agree to a ceasefire in Gaza and called any such deal nothing more than a capitulation.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), issued a statement on Monday calling on the Biden administration to condemn Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich who said starving 2 million Palestinians to death could be justified and “moral.”
The extremist Israeli Knesset last week passed a resolution opposing Palestinian statehood despite 145 countries that now identify Palestine as a state.
Leaders from the G7 criticized Israel last week over its latest land-steal in the West Bank, calling the move “inconsistent with international law and counterproductive to the cause of peace.”
Saudi Arabia rejected the decision from the Israeli Security Cabinet last week to approve five new settlements in the West Bank and other measures against Palestinians in the region, warning that the move will have “dire consequences.”
Iran sent a clear message to Israel on Friday that a full-scale war with Lebanon would be an “obliterating war.”
Bezalel Smotrich, the extremist Israeli settler and country’s finance minister, said in an audio that Israel is carrying out a “mega-dramatic” effort to prevent the West Bank from becoming a part of a Palestinian state and that will enable his country to seize authority over the entire region—in a scheme that will avoid international scrutiny.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday issued a statement that his government will look into strengthening the illegal settlement in the West Bank’s Judea and Samaria in response to Ireland, Spain, and Norway’s decision to recognize Palestine as an independent state.
Israel announced last week that it is withholding $35 million in tax revenue from the Palestinian Authority, which oversees the West Bank, and will give the money to Israeli families who have been impacted by terrorism.