Right Wing Lawmakers Seek to Legalize Largest West Bank Outpost

[Israeli]

1. Israeli AG Deems Bill Legalizing Settlement Building on Seized Palestinian Land Unconstitutional

Senior Likud official says coalition would disintegrate if Amona outpost were evacuated.

Jonathan Lis Jul 18, 2016

The coalition faction heads on Sunday postponed by a week a vote on a bill meant to legalize the expropriation of private Palestinian lands for settlements, after the attorney general told them the proposal was unconstitutional.

Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit said the bill would not withstand petitions against it to the High Court of Justice, and that it would ultimately harm the settlement enterprise.

The bill aims to give legal status to the Amona outpost, which the High Court ordered evacuated and demolished by the end of the year, and parts of other settlements.

Senior Likud figures believe the coalition will not advance the bill despite its broad support in the cabinet.

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