Finansministern pressar Netanyahu att inte vika sig
Israels finansminister Bezalel Smotrich pressar premiärminister Netanyahu att inte vika sig gällande den kontroversiella rättsreform som orsakat de enorma protesterna, rapporterar The Guardian.
Reformen kommer att ”korrigera rättssystemet” och ”förbättra demokratin” enligt ministern, som även uppmanar högerextrema anhängare till regeringen och reformen att demonstrera utanför parlamentet Knesset i kväll.
Smotrich leder det högerextrema Religiösa zionistpartiet, och har tidigare bland annat hävdat att det ”inte finns ett palestinskt folk”.
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Bezalel Smotrich
Wikipedia (en)
Bezalel Yoel Smotrich (Hebrew: בְּצַלְאֵל יוֹאֵל סְמוֹטְרִיץ׳, born 27 February 1980) is an Israeli far-right politician and lawyer who has served as the Minister of Finance since 2022. The leader of the Religious Zionist Party, he previously served as a Knesset member for Yamina. He is a resident of Kedumim in the Israeli settlements, which are deemed illegal under international law, in a house within the Israeli occupied territories of the West Bank that was also built illegally outside the settlement proper.Smotrich's radical beliefs have led to several controversies. He is a supporter of expanding Israeli settlements in the West Bank, opposes Palestinian statehood, and denies the existence of a Palestinian people. Accused of inciting hatred against Arab citizens of Israel, he told Arab Israeli lawmakers in October 2021, that "it's a mistake that Ben-Gurion didn't finish the job and didn't throw you out in 1948." He has called himself a "fascist homophobe", and has stated that gay pride parades are "worse than bestiality".
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