2026-09-26 03:11 UTC
Businesses damaged through extortion to be assisted by NIS 35 million program backed by Smotrich
Lead
Smotrich's plan includes compensation worth tens of millions of shekels for victims of protection-money extortion, aiming to enable those the have suffered protection payments to refuse to pay.
Political framing
Right framing · L 0.05 · R 0.85 · N 0.10
national security and settlement policy
The text highlights initiatives by right-wing Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich regarding anti-extortion aid and settlement expansion in the Negev, Galilee, and Judea and Samaria. Rule 3 applies as the text presents and supports a typical RIGHT-WING policy position.