Role: Israeli finance minister. Event: Katif conference, August 2024. Verified response date: 7 August 2024.
Recorded excerpt: “it might be justified and moral”.
Context: The EU attributed this phrase to Smotrich in discussing the starvation of two million civilians until hostages were returned, and strongly condemned it. [S05]
Why preserve it: The record shows both the statement and a contemporaneous diplomatic response. This entry uses the verified date of the EU response. The full speech recording is not reproduced here.