Published: Feb 19, 2026, 17:15 IST | Updated: Feb 19, 2026, 17:15 IST
Senior far-right Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich has proposed policies to promote Palestinian emigration from the occupied West Bank and Gaza, framing it as a long-term solution while also advocating stronger Israeli control and the scrapping of the Oslo Accords. Critics say such steps could amount to de facto annexation and forced displacement.