Smotrich: Religious Zionism will continue to cooperate with Ben Gvir

Religious Zionism Bezalel Smotrich cheers the results of exit polls showing 14-15 seats for his far-right party, which would make it the third largest faction in the Knesset.

“Today, thanks be to God, Religious Zionism made history,” Smotrich says at the Religious Zionism post-election event. A party backed by “lovers of the Land of Israel, the Torah of Israel, is the third-biggest in Israel.”

While he stressed that the results were not yet final, Smotrich declares that “we managed to bring down the bad [outgoing] government, and with God’s help we’ll set up a Jewish, nationalist, Zionist government.”

He also says that Religious Zionism will continue to cooperate with MK Itamar Ben Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit after running together on the same electoral slate, but doesn’t elaborate on what such cooperation will entail.

Turning to his proposed judicial reforms, which would drastically curb the authority of courts and potentially terminate opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu’s ongoing graft trial, Smotrich pledges to implement the plan, “God willing.”