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Monday, February 19, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Monday, February 19, 2024
Smotrich reiterates complete opposition to Palestinian state
Minister of Finance and Head of the Religious Zionism Party Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 19, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich reiterates his opposition to a Palestinian state amid an international push for a two-state solution in the wake of the war with Hamas.
Speaking at the Knesset meeting of his far-right Religious Zionism faction, he says he will not “consecrate a Palestinian terror entity with the blood of our soldiers.”
Smotrich says he intends to bring a motion to the government opposing the creation of a Palestinian state and says he expects all Zionist political parties to support it.
