Israel's far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich has announced that work will start on a divisive, 3,000-home settlement that will cut off the occupied West Bank from East Jerusalem. His office said the plans would "bury" the idea of a Palestinian state, and with it the two-state solution. It comes after a host of Western countries such as France, the UK and Australia said they would recognise a Palestinian state.  Full story: https://news.sky.com/story/settlers-and-segregation-inside-the-conflict-forcing-palestinians-from-their-homes-13410010 #israel #westbank #middleeast #BezalelSmotrich #skynews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim podcast is available for free here: https://podfollow.com/the-world-with-richard-and-yalda Watch more Richard and Yalda videos here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheWorldwithRichardandYalda Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales