Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said in a conversation with the Geekonomics program that he had thought about resigning following the October 7 massacre but could not identify where he was wrong. The remarks echo similar statements he made in a June interview.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich stated in a conversation with the Geekonomics program that he had considered resigning after the October 7, 2023 massacre, but concluded he was not wrong in his actions. 'I thought about resigning after October 7,' Smotrich said, 'but I didn't find what I was wrong about.' The remarks come as Smotrich continues to face criticism over the security failures leading up to the attack. Previously, in a June 20 interview with Channel 14 journalist Oded Harosh, Smotrich made similar comments, stating that he had thought about resigning and would take the events to his last day. The latest statement appears to reaffirm his position that he bears no responsibility for the October 7 failures.
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