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Smotrich hails Netanyahu UN speech: There will never be a Palestinians state
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich gestures toward a map of the West Bank during a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, September 3, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich hails Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly as “important declarations.”
“He laid down once again necessary and clear principles, both morally and practically: We will not stop until Hamas is defeated and the hostages are returned. And we will never agree to a Palestinian state.
“Even if it is difficult, even if there is a price, and even if it takes time,” says Smotrich, who is one of the principal proponents of the war.
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