Religious Zionist Party

The Religious Zionist Party, led by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, is an Israeli political party with roots in the settler community. They are currently newsworthy due to their increasingly influential role in Israeli politics and their controversial policies regarding the West Bank and Gaza. Recent events highlighting their significance include Smotrich's call to 'cancel the damned Oslo Accords' and his advocacy for encouraging Palestinian emigration from Gaza and the West Bank, a plan widely condemned as ethnic cleansing. Smotrich's actions to deepen Israeli control over the West Bank have also drawn international criticism. The party's agenda of annexation and its impact on Palestinian territories make it a central and contentious force in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.