Ben-Gvere's party draws its support from a range of different segments of Israeli society. In some ways, it's the more extreme version of Likud in a lot of ways. Smoltrich is both the finance minister and the minister in charge of the civil administration. They understand that there's a collision between Palestinians and the Zionist movement.
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