Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Smotrich says ICC seeking his arrest
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“Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Smotrich says ICC seeking his arrest”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Bezalel Smotrich stated the ICC prosecutor is seeking a warrant for his arrest.
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— Bezalel Yoel Smotrich (Hebrew: בְּצַלְאֵל יוֹאֵל סְמוֹטְרִיץ׳; born 27 February 1980) is an Israeli politician and lawyer who has served as the Minister of Finance since 2022. The leader of the Religi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bezalel_Smotrich
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bezalel_Smotrich
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— On 21 November 2024, following an investigation of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for two senior Israeli officials, Benjamin Neta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICC_arrest_warrants_for_Israel…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICC_arrest_warrants_for_Israel…
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— The thirty-seventh government of Israel is the current cabinet of Israel, formed on 29 December 2022, following the Knesset election the previous month. The coalition government currently consists of …
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“he had received an ICC arrest warrant for war crimes”
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The claim states he 'had received' a warrant. However, the evidence shows that while Smotrich *claims* the ICC is *seeking* a warrant, the actual warrants issued by the ICC on November 21, 2024, were for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, not Smotrich. There is a distinction between the prosecutor seeking a warrant and a warrant actually being issued.
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— On 21 November 2024, following an investigation of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for two senior Israeli officials, Benjamin Neta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICC_arrest_warrants_for_Israel…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICC_arrest_warrants_for_Israel…
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— In assessments of the Gaza genocide, experts state that statements by Israeli political and military leaders—coupled with eliminationist media rhetoric, and Israel's conduct in Gaza—indicate genocidal…
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— Regavim (Hebrew: רגבים) is a pro-settler Israeli NGO that monitors and pursues legal action in the Israeli court system against any construction lacking Israeli permits undertaken by Palestinians or B…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regavim_(NGO)
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“Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced plans to forcibly displace Palestinians from a village in the occupied West Bank”
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Web search results confirm Smotrich's announcement of settlement plans (specifically the E1 area) and reports from Human Rights Watch regarding the forced displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank linked to such policies.
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— Bezalel Yoel Smotrich (Hebrew: בְּצַלְאֵל יוֹאֵל סְמוֹטְרִיץ׳; born 27 February 1980) is an Israeli politician and lawyer who has served as the Minister of Finance since 2022. The leader of the Religi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bezalel_Smotrich
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bezalel_Smotrich
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— During the Gaza war, Israeli forces have carried out multiple ground incursions, occasionally accompanied by airstrikes, into several Palestinian cities and refugee camps in the Israeli-occupied West …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_incursions_in_the_West…
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— During the ongoing Gaza war, Israeli male and female soldiers, guards and medical staff have reportedly committed wartime sexual violence against Palestinian women, children and men including rape, ga…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_and_gender-based_violen…
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“Smotrich has called the ICC move a ‘declaration of war’”
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Multiple web search results explicitly quote Smotrich calling the ICC's pursuit of a warrant a 'declaration of war'.
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— In Exodus 31:1-6 and chapters 36 to 39, Bezalel, Bezaleel, or Betzalel (Hebrew: בְּצַלְאֵל, Bəṣalʼēl) was the chief artisan of the Tabernacle [1] and was in charge of building the Ark of the Covenant,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bezalel
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— 31 Then the Lord said to Moses, 2 “See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with k…
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+31&versi…
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+31&versi…
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— Jan 21, 2026 · Two of these men God mentions by name: Bezalel from the tribe of Judah and Oholiab from the tribe of Dan. Bezalel in particular was filled with God’s Spirit (verses 31:2–3), a rare occu…
https://www.gotquestions.org/Bezalel-and-Oholiab.html
https://www.gotquestions.org/Bezalel-and-Oholiab.html
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