Smotrich slams war cabinet for engaging in hostage negotiations with ‘Nazi’ Sinwar

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich tweets that it is clear Israel is not heading “in the right direction” in the current war against Hamas.

The far-right lawmaker writes on X that “the fact that after 41 days, [Hamas chief Yahya] Sinwar is still able to conduct negotiations to set the conditions of the release for the hostages says that we are not in the right direction.”

While the war cabinet is meeting in Tel Aviv, Smotrich says that “the time has come for the war cabinet to start showing strength, cut off contact and make clear in actions to this Nazi and his Qatari patron that from now on we set the conditions.”

The minister adds that for some time now “we should have been the one refusing to conduct negotiations and speaking only in fire and brimstone… that’s the only way to bring all the hostages back and restore security for the State of Israel.”