Smotrich defends delaying the purchase of fighter jets: 'Israel's security is not a game'
Smotrich blocked the purchase of more jet fighters from Lockheed-Martin and Boeing, citing concerns this was not the wisest way to improve defense capabilities.
FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich speaks at a meeting of his Religious Zionist Party parliamentary faction, last week, in the Knesset. Will the war bring an economic boom like the Six Day War, or a bust like Yom Kippur? There are arguments supporting both sides, says the writer.(photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)ByYUVAL BARNEAUpdated: