The move comes after the UK, Canada, Portugal and Australia formally recognized PalestineSeveral ministers in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government have called for the immediate annexation of the occupied West Bank, as more countries internationally move to recognize a Palestinian state. In a post on X on Sunday, he urged Israel to apply sovereignty over Judea and Samaria, the term it uses for the West Bank, which is home to more than three million Palestinians. Ben-Gvir pledged to present a plan for the annexation of the West Bank at the upcoming cabinet session. Both ministers have long pushed for annexing the West Bank and rebuilding settlements in Gaza, where Israeli forces have waged a campaign that the UN has described as genocidal. Defense Minister Israel Katz and several Likud party ministers have also reportedly voiced support for a full annexation of the West Bank.