Bezalel Smotrich

Some of the key events about Bezalel Smotrich

• 1995

  Graduated from high school with honors
• 2002

  Completed military service in the Israel Defense Forces
• 2006

  Organized a protest march against the Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade
• 2009

  Graduated with a law degree from Ono Academic College
• 2013

  Co-founded the Sovereignty Movement advocating for Israeli control over the West Bank
• 2015

  Elected to the Knesset as a member of The Jewish Home party
• 2015

  Referred to Arab lawmakers as "terrorists" during a Knesset debate
• 2016

  Supported segregation of Jewish and Arab women in maternity wards
• 2018

  Appointed as Deputy Speaker of the Knesset
• 2019

  Became leader of the National Union party
• 2019

  Called for Israel to be governed by Jewish religious law
• 2020

  Compared LGBTQ+ people to dogs in a radio interview
• 2021

  Appointed as Minister of Transportation in the Bennett-Lapid government
• 2021

  Suggested that Arab Israelis who are not loyal to Israel should be expelled
• 2022

  Elected leader of the Religious Zionist Party
• 2022

  Appointed as Minister of Finance in Netanyahu's government
• 2022

  Advocated for the cancellation of the crime of fraud and breach of trust for public officials
• 2022

  Proposed legislation to allow businesses to refuse service based on religious beliefs
• 2023

  Called for the Palestinian village of Huwara to be "wiped out"
• 2023

  Denied the existence of a Palestinian people, calling it an "invention"

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