U.S. and European diplomats tell Haaretz that their support for Israel’s response to the October 7 Hamas attack is exacting a price in the Arab and Muslim world – particularly as civilian casualties mount and Israel undertakes military operations in hospitals
In August, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, of the far-right Religious Zionism party, vowed to suspend the funding until it could be verified that the money wouldn't make its way to Arab criminals