'Formalising apartheid': Smotrich West Bank annexation plans widely condemned

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has unveiled a plan to annex 82 percent of the occupied West Bank. The proposal would absorb the vast majority of Palestinian territory, leaving only six isolated enclaves for major Palestinian cities. Under the plan, the Palestinian Authority would be gradually dismantled and replaced with "regional civilian management alternatives." This move has been widely condemned online, with critics saying it is an attempt to formalize apartheid and eliminate any possibility of a future Palestinian state.