LONDON   Britain on Thursday condemned recent statements by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich proposing annexation of the occupied West Bank. "I condemn (Israeli Finance) Minister (Bezalel) Smotrich’s comments proposing annexation of land in the West Bank," Hamish Falconer, the UK's minister for the Middle East and North Africa, wrote on x.
 On Monday, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said that 2025 will mark the year of applying Israeli sovereignty over the occupied West Bank,