WATCH: 'All of Israel is ours': Smotrich calls to annex West Bank in Jerusalem Day speech
"The time has come for us to finally erase the lines that distinguish between Areas A, B, and C, the entire Land of Israel is ours," Smotrich said at the Religious Zionist Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva.
Assessment
A senior Israeli minister publicly called for full annexation of the West Bank during a Jerusalem Day address. The statement escalates a longstanding political debate over sovereignty into a direct challenge to current policy and international law. The coming weeks will show whether this rhetoric translates into legislative or administrative action.