Far right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich presents a plan to annex 82% of the West Bank, urging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to apply Israeli sovereignty to the territory. Smotrich rules out settlement blocs and insists on maximum land control with minimum Palestinian population, aiming to prevent the establishment of a 'terrorist state' in Israel.

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