Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich told Makor Rishon on Friday that he has 'knowledge' of talks between senior European Union officials and senior coalition figures aimed at reversing his settlement achievements in Judea and Samaria. He warned that a left-wing government would evacuate all outposts and new communities built under this government — calling it 'absolute knowledge.'
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (Religious Zionism) issued a stark political warning in an interview with Makor Rishon published Friday morning. Smotrich stated he has 'knowledge' of active talks between senior European Union officials and senior coalition figures — whom he explicitly hopes are not from the Eisenkot-Bennett camp — aimed at reversing the settlement achievements of the current government in Judea and Samaria and returning to a political framework. He asserted that a left-wing government would result in the evacuation of all outposts and new communities built under this government. Smotrich framed the warning as a matter of 'absolute knowledge,' drawing a parallel to his past prediction that Naftali Bennett would join with Ra'am after elections. The statement, based on a single source (Smotrich's own interview), comes amid a fluid coalition landscape — Eisenkot and Bennett have both made recent overtures about centrist unity, and Bennett has vowed to replace the current government. No EU comment has been reported, and Smotrich's assertion of 'talks' remains his own claim at this stage.
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