Israel’s moral compass cannot be abandoned to extremist rhetoric

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s recent call to “bury the idea of a Palestinian state” was not an isolated remark but part of a concerning pattern that undermines the very principles upon which Israel was founded. In 2023, he declared the Palestinian people to be “an invention” and called for the West Bank village of Huwara to be “wiped out” — statements that have generated distress both among Palestinians and within the international community, including Israel’s closest allies.

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