The Finance Ministry is paralyzed. The atmosphere there is bleak, the economists despondently pace the corridors. They feel a complete disconnect from the finance minister who is living in a parallel world in which “Everything is fine, with God’s help, there is money and there are no problems.” Bezalel Smotrich does not sit down with them for work meetings. He would rather spend hours with (settlements minister) Orit Strock and with Garin Torani groups (part of a religious Zionist movement that sets up communities in underdeveloped areas), coming up with cunning ways to transfer coalition funds to their pockets. Despite the war. Despite the needs of the 126,000 internally displaced Israelis. For Smotrich, nothing is more important than the Haredi-ultranationalist base.

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