Ben Shapiro meets with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich

Shapiro visited Israel last October alongside right-wing commentator Jordan Peterson, and he also made The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 most influential Jews.

 Ben Shapiro (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)
Ben Shapiro
(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)

Jewish-American conservative pundit Ben Shapiro met with Israel's Justice Minister Bezalel Smotrich according to the latter's post on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Smotrich said that they discussed economics, Israel, and Judaism amongst other topics.

"Amazing the impact one man can have," the minister posted.

Shapiro reposted the minister's post on X, which received nearly 500 likes in two hours.

Shapiro's last visit to Israel

Shapiro visited Israel last October alongside right-wing commentator Jordan Peterson. Shapiro and Smotrich also both made The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 most influential Jews.

 Bezalel Smotrich, Finance Minister and Religious Zionism Party head in his office, 2023. (credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)
Bezalel Smotrich, Finance Minister and Religious Zionism Party head in his office, 2023. (credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)

The Israeli minister earlier this month issued a stern warning to Supreme Court Justice Ester Hayut about the danger to Israeli democracy if she weighed on cases involving the country’s basic laws when he spoke at a right-wing rally in Jerusalem.