# Smotrich dances in Israel despite far-right decline

https://mins.news/en/item/118241

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-27 23:03 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/27/smotrich-dances-in-israel-despite-far-right-decline?traffic_source=rss

> Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich celebrated at his campaign headquarters even as exit polls indicated reduced support for his far-right party. He had called for a full-scale war in the Occupied West Bank.

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