Smotrich: US has no right to preach to Israel about human rights

(JNS) — Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich made pointed comments on Monday directed at the Biden administration for its criticism of the Israeli government’s policies.

“No country is as ethical as Israel, and no military is as ethical as the IDF. Anyone in the world who criticizes us is a hypocrite,” the Religious Zionism Party head said during an interview with IDF Radio.

“No nation has been fighting an existential war against terrorism for decades more cleanly and carefully than the Jewish nation,” the minister continued.

“I’m not even talking about the Americans and how they acted in Afghani...