Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich vowed that Israel will illegally annex the occupied West Bank in a press conference on Wednesday, touting a chilling principle of “maximum land” with “minimum population.”

In a press conference, Smotrich presented a plan for Israel to take control of roughly 82 percent of the occupied West Bank.

“Enemies should be fought against, not allowed a comfortable life,” he said, seemingly referring to the millions of Palestinians living in the West Bank, which he refers to as Judea and Samaria. The “chief principle” for Israeli “sovereignty” over the region is “maximum land, minimum population,” he said , per an Al Jazeera translation.

His office added in a statement that they seek “minimum Arab population.” This is an open call for ethnic clean

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