Ben-Gvir came under fire for pushing for additional restrictions on Palestinian freedom of movement in the West Bank after three Israelis were killed in two terror attacks last week.

The United States is in no position to go after Israel on human rights issues given how its army acted in Iraq and Afghanistan, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (Religious Zionist Party) said.

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    1 year ago

    Because there’s a sizable contingent of the electorate which is fanatically in favor of giving Israel aid, mainly for religious reasons, and the opposition to that aid is much more tepid and/or less numerous.