Bitzalo Smotrich

Type: Person

As of November 2026, Bitzalo Smotrich has been mentioned in one podcast episode on This American Life (Aug 2025). Presented as a key architect of current Israeli policy in the West Bank; his 2017 manifesto is used to frame the episode’s argument about “destroying hope” for a Palestinian state.

Israeli Minister of Finance; Minister in the Ministry of Defense with responsibility for civil administration in the West Bank (often described as overseeing settlement policy) at Government of Israel; Religious Zionist Party specializing in Israeli politics, West Bank settlement policy, Public finance.