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Israeli Minister accuses Netherlands of surrendering to "lies of radical I
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir have been banned from entering the Netherlands due to their alleged roles in inciting violence against Palestinians and promoting settlement expansion in the West Bank.
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Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, UK announce sanctions against Isra
Updated : 9 months ago IST
The Foreign Ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway and the United Kingdom collectively announced sanctions and other measures targeting Israel ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich for inciting violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.
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Israel and Argentina working on establishing direct flights between countr
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich submitted to the government a proposal to encourage airlines to operate direct commercial flights to Argentina.
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Palestinian indicted for threatening life of Israeli finance minister
Updated : 10 months, 4 weeks ago IST
An indictment was filed against a Palestinian resident of Qusra, a town near Shechem (Nablus), named Raden Hassan (47) for making threats against the head of the Samaria Council, Yossi Dagan and Israel's Minister of Finance, Bezalel Smotrich.
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Israeli leaders scrambling to reduce US tariffs
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Israeli leaders are scrambling to negotiate with the US administration to lower a newly imposed 17 per cent tariff on Israeli exports, which caught officials in Jerusalem by surprise. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich are expected to press for a reductio
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Israel cancels all import duties on American-made goods
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
At the directive of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Economy and Industry Minister Nir Barkat, Israel has cancelled all of the customs duties - tariffs - that have been levied until now on products from the US, Israel's largest trading partner.
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Knesset approves USD 206 billion budget, largest in Israeli history
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Addressing the Knesset plenum before the voting, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said the budget "will support growth and allow the Israeli economy to maintain its strength and continue to prosper."
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Israeli security cabinet approves ceasefire deal with Hamas
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The full cabinet is expected to approve it by a large majority, following a meeting that extended into Shabbat. The full cabinet is expected to vote by a large majority to approve the deal, which was signed overnight in Qatar and is set to take effect on Sunday.
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Israel Cracks Down on Illegal Palestinian Construction in Nature Reserve
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Israel began razing Palestinian buildings built illegally inside a nature reserve on Thursday.
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Egypt condemns statements of Israeli Finance Minister on West Bank
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Egypt has condemned in the strongest terms the extremist statements by Israel's finance minister Bezalel Smotrich calling for the imposition of Israeli sovereignty and the expansion of settlements in the West Bank.
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Frozen Palestinian funds earmarked for Gaza to be transferred to Norway
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Israel's Security Cabinet approved a plan to transfer frozen funds earmarked for the Palestinian Authority to Norway on Sunday amid a battle over Ramallah's financial support for the Gaza Strip Under the terms of an agreement endorsed by Norway and the US, Norway will not transfer the frozen
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Israel approves new USD 1 billion high-tech stimulus package
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Israel's government, in collaboration with the Israeli Innovation Authority, approved what it described as a "transformative stimulus package" that it said is aimed at "elevating Israel's standing as a global high-tech hub"
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