Bezalel Smotrich
Some of the key events about Bezalel Smotrich
- 1995Graduated from high school with honors
- 2002Completed military service in the Israel Defense Forces
- 2006Organized a protest march against the Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade
- 2009Graduated with a law degree from Ono Academic College
- 2013Co-founded the Sovereignty Movement advocating for Israeli control over the West Bank
- 2015Elected to the Knesset as a member of The Jewish Home party
- 2015Referred to Arab lawmakers as "terrorists" during a Knesset debate
- 2016Supported segregation of Jewish and Arab women in maternity wards
- 2018Appointed as Deputy Speaker of the Knesset
- 2019Became leader of the National Union party
- 2019Called for Israel to be governed by Jewish religious law
- 2020Compared LGBTQ+ people to dogs in a radio interview
- 2021Appointed as Minister of Transportation in the Bennett-Lapid government
- 2021Suggested that Arab Israelis who are not loyal to Israel should be expelled
- 2022Elected leader of the Religious Zionist Party
- 2022Appointed as Minister of Finance in Netanyahu's government
- 2022Advocated for the cancellation of the crime of fraud and breach of trust for public officials
- 2022Proposed legislation to allow businesses to refuse service based on religious beliefs
- 2023Called for the Palestinian village of Huwara to be "wiped out"
- 2023Denied the existence of a Palestinian people, calling it an "invention"
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