Bezalel Smotrich calls for Gaza to be ‘annihilated’
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Expresso das Ilhas
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called for Gaza to be “annihilated”, describing it as a terrorist entity inhabited by 1.8 million “Nazis”. The far-right leader also claimed Israeli control over Gaza, according to Expresso das Ilhas.
The Israeli Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich, called for Gaza to be “annihilated”, describing it as a “terrorist entity” inhabited by “1.8 million Nazis”. He was speaking at a public rally, according to Expresso das Ilhas.
Bezalel Smotrich also leads the Religious Zionist Party, an Israeli far-right party. He said he was not advocating genocide, while calling for Gaza to be destroyed because of its population and, in his view, its political status.
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