Knesset Initially Agrees on ‘Legalization’ of 65 West Bank Settler Units

By Staff, Agencies

The Zionist entity’s parliament [Knesset] gave an initial 60-40 approval to legislation that would legalize some 65 occupied West Bank settler units.

The move could expand the occupation regime’s footprint in Area C of the West Bank.

That bill provides de facto recognition to the settler units until the legalization process is complete within a two-year time frame. Effectively it transforms the units from illegal endeavors to communities awaiting authorization.

The legislation would allow for those occupation units to be hooked up to utility grids and for its settlers to receive mortgages for their residences.

The legislation did not list the communities that would be impacted and any list that exists is expected to change. According to the left-wing group ‘Peace Now’ there are over 100 settler units, but the conversation on the units has consistently involved a list of around 70 communities built over the last three decades.

If approved, the bill would render irrelevant US President Donald Trump's map, that would allow the Zionist regime to eventually annex up to 30% of the occupied West Bank, because the settler unit legalization would expand its holding in Area C beyond that 30%.