Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich unfazed by UK sanctions
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Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has directed his ministry to cancel a waiver allowing Palestinian banks to operate, threatening the livelihoods of millions of Palestinians, just hours after he was sanctioned by several Western governments for his incitements of violence in the occupied West Bank.
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Al Jazeera on MSNIsrael’s Smotrich could collapse Palestinian economy by ending bank waiverIsraeli finance minister ends waiver that Palestinian banks rely on to operate after Western sanctions announced.
They really ought to be doing more. But in the scheme of things, the sanctioning of Israeli’s frothily fanatical ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich by New Zealand, Canada, Norway, the United Kingdom and Australia is a reminder to the ...
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US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee met with Ministers Smotrich and Ben-Gvir and condemned the sanctions by five nations against them.
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The Times of Israel on MSNSmotrich moves to paralyze Palestinian economy in response to Western sanctionsFinance minister orders cancellation of waiver allowing Israel-PA bank ties, though Palestinian Authority not known to have been involved in UK-led decision to blacklist him and Ben Gvir The post Smotrich moves to paralyze Palestinian economy in response to Western sanctions appeared first on The Times of Israel.