21 jan 2018
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday morning detained Palestinian farmers in Kafr ad-Dik town, west of Salfit in the West Bank, as well as members of a media crew in a nearby area.
Palestine TV reporter Mohamed Ashtiya said that Israeli soldiers detained him for a while and confiscated his ID card, adding that he was along with a crew from the channel when soldiers intercepted their vehicle as they were heading for the town.
The TV crew was on its way to cover Israeli settlement expansion activities taking place on annexed land in Kafr ad-Dik town.
Palestine TV reporter Mohamed Ashtiya said that Israeli soldiers detained him for a while and confiscated his ID card, adding that he was along with a crew from the channel when soldiers intercepted their vehicle as they were heading for the town.
The TV crew was on its way to cover Israeli settlement expansion activities taking place on annexed land in Kafr ad-Dik town.
20 jan 2018
The Israeli occupation authorities have finalized the construction of a police station in Ariel settlement outpost, north of Salfit province.
Speaking with the Palestinian Information Center (PIC), eye-witnesses said the new multi-story building is the largest in the area.
Researcher Khaled Maali said the construction of a police station in Ariel settlement contravenes international law and the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Dr. Maali warned that Israel’s settlement expansion in Ariel outpost has come at the expense of Palestinians’ cultivated lands in Salfit’s Eskaka, Merda, Keiri, and Kafl Haris towns.
He added that such moves bear witness to Israel’s intents to tighten grip across the West Bank and hold sway over more Palestinian lands.
Speaking with the Palestinian Information Center (PIC), eye-witnesses said the new multi-story building is the largest in the area.
Researcher Khaled Maali said the construction of a police station in Ariel settlement contravenes international law and the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Dr. Maali warned that Israel’s settlement expansion in Ariel outpost has come at the expense of Palestinians’ cultivated lands in Salfit’s Eskaka, Merda, Keiri, and Kafl Haris towns.
He added that such moves bear witness to Israel’s intents to tighten grip across the West Bank and hold sway over more Palestinian lands.
17 jan 2018
The Israeli occupation government unraveled its intent to build over 70 illegal settlement outposts on Palestinian lands throughout the West Bank.
According to Israel’s Channel 2, deputy war minister updated his fellows from Bayit Yehudi on the projected move and boasted about his role as the supervisor of a team secretly tasked with conferring a legal cover upon the bid.
Since 2000, Israel’s extremist governments have established illegal settlements across over 100 locations in the occupied West Bank. 150 more settlements had already been built on Palestinian lands ever since Israel occupied the West Bank.
Recently, Israel’s war minister Avigdor Lieberman has launched calls for speeding up settlement construction in the West Bank, in violation of international law.
According to Israel’s Channel 2, deputy war minister updated his fellows from Bayit Yehudi on the projected move and boasted about his role as the supervisor of a team secretly tasked with conferring a legal cover upon the bid.
Since 2000, Israel’s extremist governments have established illegal settlements across over 100 locations in the occupied West Bank. 150 more settlements had already been built on Palestinian lands ever since Israel occupied the West Bank.
Recently, Israel’s war minister Avigdor Lieberman has launched calls for speeding up settlement construction in the West Bank, in violation of international law.
14 jan 2018
The National Bureau for Defending Land (NBDL) said the Israeli government gave the green light for the building of more than 1,200 housing units in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.
According to a report issued on Saturday by the bureau, an affiliate of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), 325 units received a final go-ahead, while another 770 units were given preliminary approval.
These housing units will be built in the illegal settlements of Givat Ze’ev, Kfar Adumim, Gush Etzion and Tzofim as well as in Fasayel area, north of the Jordan Valley.
The official report also said that the Israeli occupation state persists in its Judaization plans in the occupied city of Jerusalem, through carrying out diggings to build the foundations for a footbridge for settlers and tourists in Silwan district.
Israel also started recently to build a road for settlers between the towns of Tell in Nablus and Far'ata in Qalqilya as a prelude to expanding Gilad outpost in western Nablus, the report noted.
According to a report issued on Saturday by the bureau, an affiliate of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), 325 units received a final go-ahead, while another 770 units were given preliminary approval.
These housing units will be built in the illegal settlements of Givat Ze’ev, Kfar Adumim, Gush Etzion and Tzofim as well as in Fasayel area, north of the Jordan Valley.
The official report also said that the Israeli occupation state persists in its Judaization plans in the occupied city of Jerusalem, through carrying out diggings to build the foundations for a footbridge for settlers and tourists in Silwan district.
Israel also started recently to build a road for settlers between the towns of Tell in Nablus and Far'ata in Qalqilya as a prelude to expanding Gilad outpost in western Nablus, the report noted.
13 jan 2018
The Settlement Regularization Law allows Israel to ‘legalize’ settlements built on privately-owned Palestinian land via de facto expropriation.
The Israeli Supreme Court on 4 December 2017 issued an order nisi (“order to show cause”) in a petition against the Settlement Regularization Law filed by Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center (JLAC), and Al Mezan Center for Human Rights (Gaza) on behalf of 17 local Palestinian authorities in the West Bank.
According to the Settlements Regularization Law [PDF click for English translation of the law], West Bank settlements built on privately-owned Palestinian land would be “legalized” by de facto expropriating the land, planning the settlements, and retroactively authorizing the housing already constructed on the land.
The law could legalize about half of Israel’s settlement outposts, as well as about 3,000 additional homes built illegally in settlements recognized as legal by Israel.
Palestinian landowners can receive financial compensation or alternative land, however this law authorizes a further massive land theft of private Palestinian land by the Israeli government.
In her decision, Israeli Supreme Court Chief Justice Esther Hayut called on the state to explain “Why should it not be determined that the Settlement Regularization Law is invalid in all areas of the West Bank, and that [Israel’s West Bank military commander] is therefore forbidden to act in accordance with the law… and why should it not be determined that the Settlement Regularization Law is null and void since it is unconstitutional.”
The court will hear the petition with an expanded panel of nine justices on 3 June 2018.
Adalah, JLAC, and Al Mezan issued a statement in response to the Supreme Court’s order nisi:
“Given the clear and absolute harm caused to the rights of Palestinian landowners in the occupied territories, it was expected that the Supreme Court should have issued an order nisi much more quickly in this petition.
But to our great dismay, there has not yet been a hearing on this most fundamental of issues which raises serious questions relating to violations of international humanitarian law.”
The Israeli Supreme Court on 4 December 2017 issued an order nisi (“order to show cause”) in a petition against the Settlement Regularization Law filed by Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center (JLAC), and Al Mezan Center for Human Rights (Gaza) on behalf of 17 local Palestinian authorities in the West Bank.
According to the Settlements Regularization Law [PDF click for English translation of the law], West Bank settlements built on privately-owned Palestinian land would be “legalized” by de facto expropriating the land, planning the settlements, and retroactively authorizing the housing already constructed on the land.
The law could legalize about half of Israel’s settlement outposts, as well as about 3,000 additional homes built illegally in settlements recognized as legal by Israel.
Palestinian landowners can receive financial compensation or alternative land, however this law authorizes a further massive land theft of private Palestinian land by the Israeli government.
In her decision, Israeli Supreme Court Chief Justice Esther Hayut called on the state to explain “Why should it not be determined that the Settlement Regularization Law is invalid in all areas of the West Bank, and that [Israel’s West Bank military commander] is therefore forbidden to act in accordance with the law… and why should it not be determined that the Settlement Regularization Law is null and void since it is unconstitutional.”
The court will hear the petition with an expanded panel of nine justices on 3 June 2018.
Adalah, JLAC, and Al Mezan issued a statement in response to the Supreme Court’s order nisi:
“Given the clear and absolute harm caused to the rights of Palestinian landowners in the occupied territories, it was expected that the Supreme Court should have issued an order nisi much more quickly in this petition.
But to our great dismay, there has not yet been a hearing on this most fundamental of issues which raises serious questions relating to violations of international humanitarian law.”
10 jan 2018
Israel's war minister, Avigdor Lieberman, is set on Wednesday to present plans to the Supreme Planning Council for the immediate construction of 1285 settlement units in the West Bank.
Lieberman will also seek to move forward projects for 2,500 additional housing units in 20 settlements.
The Israeli minister said in a statement on Tuesday, "We have pledged to propose plans of new batches of housing units every year and we will keep our promise."
According to available information, the new plans will not be limited to building new housing units in existing settlements, but they may also involve the approval of housing units already built in some settlement outposts that are deemed illegal under the Israeli law.
The US president Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in December 2017 has given Israel the green light to step up its settlement activity, which has never stopped, in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The Israeli Peace Now organization said that these construction projects would undermine the peace process.
The Organization added that attempts to retroactively approve 11 units in the illegal settlement outpost of Netiv Ha'avot which were ordered to be evacuated are just another "disgraceful steps" that violate a final and explicit judicial decision. Peace Now called on Israel's Attorney General to act against this "contempt of court".
Lieberman will also seek to move forward projects for 2,500 additional housing units in 20 settlements.
The Israeli minister said in a statement on Tuesday, "We have pledged to propose plans of new batches of housing units every year and we will keep our promise."
According to available information, the new plans will not be limited to building new housing units in existing settlements, but they may also involve the approval of housing units already built in some settlement outposts that are deemed illegal under the Israeli law.
The US president Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in December 2017 has given Israel the green light to step up its settlement activity, which has never stopped, in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The Israeli Peace Now organization said that these construction projects would undermine the peace process.
The Organization added that attempts to retroactively approve 11 units in the illegal settlement outpost of Netiv Ha'avot which were ordered to be evacuated are just another "disgraceful steps" that violate a final and explicit judicial decision. Peace Now called on Israel's Attorney General to act against this "contempt of court".
9 jan 2018
The International Criminal Court in The Hague is planning on investigating Israeli leaders over Israeli settlement expansion in Jerusalem and West Bank, as well as the 2014 aggression on Gaza titled ‘Operation Protective Edge.’
According to a report by Channel 10 Monday evening, the Israeli National Security Council warned Israeli lawmakers in the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that the international court is planning on opening an investigation later this year into the 2014 war with Hamas, as well settlements in the West Bank.
PNN further reports that prosecutors at the International Criminal Court, at the behest of the Palestinian Authority, have opened cursory examinations in both matters, but NSC officials fear the preliminary probe will be raised to a full-blown investigation sometime in 2018, raising concerns the court could try Israeli officials for alleged “war crimes”, based on the complaints issued by the Palestinian Authority.
The deadly 2014 war on Gaza killed over 2,000 Palestinians in Gaza, approximately a quarter of whom were children, and left at least 11,000 permanently wounded. On the Israeli side, 74 were killed, 68 of them soldiers.
According to a report by Channel 10 Monday evening, the Israeli National Security Council warned Israeli lawmakers in the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that the international court is planning on opening an investigation later this year into the 2014 war with Hamas, as well settlements in the West Bank.
PNN further reports that prosecutors at the International Criminal Court, at the behest of the Palestinian Authority, have opened cursory examinations in both matters, but NSC officials fear the preliminary probe will be raised to a full-blown investigation sometime in 2018, raising concerns the court could try Israeli officials for alleged “war crimes”, based on the complaints issued by the Palestinian Authority.
The deadly 2014 war on Gaza killed over 2,000 Palestinians in Gaza, approximately a quarter of whom were children, and left at least 11,000 permanently wounded. On the Israeli side, 74 were killed, 68 of them soldiers.
The Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday embarked on the construction of a new road to serve Israeli settlers from Rohei outpost, illegally built in Tubas.
Motaz Besharat, who monitors settlement activities in Tubas, said the Israeli occupation has began works for the launch of a three-kilometer road which will link the settlement with nearby agricultural lands.
Israel is planning to grab hold of Palestinian lands in Tubas and other parts of the Jordan Valley, which makes up one third of the occupied West Bank, in favor of illegal settlement expansion.
Motaz Besharat, who monitors settlement activities in Tubas, said the Israeli occupation has began works for the launch of a three-kilometer road which will link the settlement with nearby agricultural lands.
Israel is planning to grab hold of Palestinian lands in Tubas and other parts of the Jordan Valley, which makes up one third of the occupied West Bank, in favor of illegal settlement expansion.
5 jan 2018
In a report by the Israeli Channel Two news, the Israeli government plan was revealed, to give final approval to 3,829 new colonial settlement units next week. The expansion plan follows a number of Israeli directives to take over more Palestinian land in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, in direct violation of international law, following Donald Trump’s December 6th claim that ‘Jerusalem is the capital of Israel’.
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman issued a statement Thursday that Israel should seize this moment to take over as much land as they can, calling on the government to “approve new programs for the planning and sale of housing units in all parts of the West Bank.” The statement added that this expansion is “part of the policy of Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman to strengthen settlement in [the West Bank]”. Lieberman said Thursday the government will soon be announcing bids for the construction of 900 new units in Ariel colony and 1145 units in several other West Bank colonies.
Lieberman is known as an extreme right politician who began as a night club bouncer and colonial settler who was arrested as an adult for beating a 12-year old child. As a politician, he called for the cleansing of Palestinians so that Israel could forcibly expand its territory onto Palestinian land.
According to Yisrael Hayom, the 3,829 new units expected to be approved will include projects in Ariel, Beit El, Tzofim, Rehalim, Nogohot, Hevron, Givat Zeev, Tekoa, Kfar Etzion, Avnei Hefetz, Nofim, Kochav Yaakov, Har Bracha, and Maaleh Michmas.
Other media sources have reported that construction has been confirmed for the following units:
Ariel, 9 units
Eliezer, 11 units
Peza’el, 55 units
Hinnanit, 79 units
Susiya, 30 units
Ma’ale Adumim, 44 units
Kfar Adumim, 381 units
Givat Ze’ev, 196 units
Beit Arye, 8 units
Ma’on, 27 units
Karmei Zur, 120 units
Oranit, 212 units
Zufin, 72 units
Metzad, 16 units
Efrat, 66 units
The units are set to be approved by the Israeli Civil Administration Higher Planning Committee, which will meet next week to give the final approval.
Although more than 600,000 Israelis have moved into colonial settlements over the past 25 years, up to this point most settlements were constructed illegally, without Israeli government approval. Once a colony establishes itself and gains a foothold on a site, the Israeli authorities will then provide plumbing, electricity and roads. This is the usual process whereby Israel acquires Palestinian territory in the West Bank – but Thursday’s announcement will allow a rapid expansion of Israeli colonies without the colonizers having to go through the process of constructing illegally and then getting approval.
In a video statement, Israeli Prime Minister addressed the paramilitary settler colony in “From Beit El will come forth Torah and good tidings – the message of the return of the people to its land, the message of settlement. I will give you more good tidings. Very soon another 300 housing units will be approved, as promised,” Netanyahu said in a video message to residents.
Trump’s envoy David Friedman has long been a fan of Beit El settlement, a religious colony constructed on Palestinian land near Ramallah.
According to the Jewish ‘Forward’ magazine, “Beit El was founded in 1977, by adherents of the Gush Emunim, or Block of the Faithful movement, who believed they were fulfilling God’s promise by settling the West Bank, which Israel captured from Jordan in 1967.
Beit El was the “Mayflower” of the West Bank, said Bobby Brown, a settler and political commentator. Like the English pilgrims to the New World, the settlers saw themselves as pioneers who were charting a course that would change history. They were drawn in particular to the hill outside Ramallah believed to be the site of the biblical patriarch Jacob’s dream. The first 30 families moved to a military outpost near the site, which was built on private Palestinian land seized by the Israeli government.”
All Israeli settlements are considered illegal under international law, and under Israel’s obligations as an occupying power under the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman issued a statement Thursday that Israel should seize this moment to take over as much land as they can, calling on the government to “approve new programs for the planning and sale of housing units in all parts of the West Bank.” The statement added that this expansion is “part of the policy of Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman to strengthen settlement in [the West Bank]”. Lieberman said Thursday the government will soon be announcing bids for the construction of 900 new units in Ariel colony and 1145 units in several other West Bank colonies.
Lieberman is known as an extreme right politician who began as a night club bouncer and colonial settler who was arrested as an adult for beating a 12-year old child. As a politician, he called for the cleansing of Palestinians so that Israel could forcibly expand its territory onto Palestinian land.
According to Yisrael Hayom, the 3,829 new units expected to be approved will include projects in Ariel, Beit El, Tzofim, Rehalim, Nogohot, Hevron, Givat Zeev, Tekoa, Kfar Etzion, Avnei Hefetz, Nofim, Kochav Yaakov, Har Bracha, and Maaleh Michmas.
Other media sources have reported that construction has been confirmed for the following units:
Ariel, 9 units
Eliezer, 11 units
Peza’el, 55 units
Hinnanit, 79 units
Susiya, 30 units
Ma’ale Adumim, 44 units
Kfar Adumim, 381 units
Givat Ze’ev, 196 units
Beit Arye, 8 units
Ma’on, 27 units
Karmei Zur, 120 units
Oranit, 212 units
Zufin, 72 units
Metzad, 16 units
Efrat, 66 units
The units are set to be approved by the Israeli Civil Administration Higher Planning Committee, which will meet next week to give the final approval.
Although more than 600,000 Israelis have moved into colonial settlements over the past 25 years, up to this point most settlements were constructed illegally, without Israeli government approval. Once a colony establishes itself and gains a foothold on a site, the Israeli authorities will then provide plumbing, electricity and roads. This is the usual process whereby Israel acquires Palestinian territory in the West Bank – but Thursday’s announcement will allow a rapid expansion of Israeli colonies without the colonizers having to go through the process of constructing illegally and then getting approval.
In a video statement, Israeli Prime Minister addressed the paramilitary settler colony in “From Beit El will come forth Torah and good tidings – the message of the return of the people to its land, the message of settlement. I will give you more good tidings. Very soon another 300 housing units will be approved, as promised,” Netanyahu said in a video message to residents.
Trump’s envoy David Friedman has long been a fan of Beit El settlement, a religious colony constructed on Palestinian land near Ramallah.
According to the Jewish ‘Forward’ magazine, “Beit El was founded in 1977, by adherents of the Gush Emunim, or Block of the Faithful movement, who believed they were fulfilling God’s promise by settling the West Bank, which Israel captured from Jordan in 1967.
Beit El was the “Mayflower” of the West Bank, said Bobby Brown, a settler and political commentator. Like the English pilgrims to the New World, the settlers saw themselves as pioneers who were charting a course that would change history. They were drawn in particular to the hill outside Ramallah believed to be the site of the biblical patriarch Jacob’s dream. The first 30 families moved to a military outpost near the site, which was built on private Palestinian land seized by the Israeli government.”
All Israeli settlements are considered illegal under international law, and under Israel’s obligations as an occupying power under the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Israel’s war minister, Avigdor Lieberman, gave instructions on Thursday evening for the construction of 430 settlement units in the occupied West Bank.
The plan is to be approved next week by the Israeli Civil Administration’s High Commission for Planning and Settlement.
Israel’s Channel 7 said the commission is slated to gather on Wednesday to give its final approbation of the settlement bid following Lieberman’s instructions.
Israeli illegal settlements across the West Bank have swallowed more than 42% of Palestinian land in the occupied area.
Under international law, settlement construction and expansion in occupied territories is deemed illegal.
The plan is to be approved next week by the Israeli Civil Administration’s High Commission for Planning and Settlement.
Israel’s Channel 7 said the commission is slated to gather on Wednesday to give its final approbation of the settlement bid following Lieberman’s instructions.
Israeli illegal settlements across the West Bank have swallowed more than 42% of Palestinian land in the occupied area.
Under international law, settlement construction and expansion in occupied territories is deemed illegal.
Palestinian farmers from Salfit and its villages have expressed fears that they may lose the remaining plots of their land, which are located near the illegal settlement of Ariel and isolated by Israel’s separation wall.
Such fears came up after the Israeli housing minister on Wednesday said he approved a plan to build new housing units in Ariel settlement, which was built on annexed Palestinian land in north Salfit and keeps expanding.
One of the farmers told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that he was afraid of losing what remained of his land behind the wall after Israel announced a plan to expand the settlement.
He pointed out that the settlement had previously encroached on part of his land and the new housing units would certainly devour the rest.
Such fears came up after the Israeli housing minister on Wednesday said he approved a plan to build new housing units in Ariel settlement, which was built on annexed Palestinian land in north Salfit and keeps expanding.
One of the farmers told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that he was afraid of losing what remained of his land behind the wall after Israel announced a plan to expand the settlement.
He pointed out that the settlement had previously encroached on part of his land and the new housing units would certainly devour the rest.
3 jan 2018
Israeli “Housing and Construction Minister,” Yuav Galant, stated that his ministry and the government, headed by Benjamin Netanyahu, have presented plans for expanding Ariel illegal colony, built on Palestinian lands, near Salfit, in the occupied West Bank.
The plan aims at building hundreds of units in Ariel, in addition to creating new public gardens, expanding Ariel University, and building a stadium, in addition to what they called “developing Ariel.”
His announcement came after visiting the colony, on Tuesday, when he said that Ariel holds a very important strategic position, and what he called “the prominent geographical contiguity between central West Bank, and the Jordan Valley.
All of Israel’s colonies in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, are illegal under International Law and the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Encouraged by the support of U.S. President Donald Trump, and his illegal recognition of occupied Jerusalem as the unified capital of Israel, also in direct violation of various treaties and resolutions, the Israeli government, headed by Benjamin Netanyahu, has been rapidly pushing plans for building and expanding colonies in the West Bank, including Jerusalem.
On Sunday, December 31, 2017, Netanyahu and his government met and voted unanimously in favor of a resolution that effectively annexes the Israeli colonial settlements constructed on illegally-seized Palestinian lands.
During the discussion before the vote, Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan told the Likud Central Committee, “The time has come to express our Biblical right to the land.”
Erdan then referenced the U.S. President’s December 6th declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, saying that the Israeli government should take advantage of this opportunity to seize permanent control of the land.
The plan aims at building hundreds of units in Ariel, in addition to creating new public gardens, expanding Ariel University, and building a stadium, in addition to what they called “developing Ariel.”
His announcement came after visiting the colony, on Tuesday, when he said that Ariel holds a very important strategic position, and what he called “the prominent geographical contiguity between central West Bank, and the Jordan Valley.
All of Israel’s colonies in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, are illegal under International Law and the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Encouraged by the support of U.S. President Donald Trump, and his illegal recognition of occupied Jerusalem as the unified capital of Israel, also in direct violation of various treaties and resolutions, the Israeli government, headed by Benjamin Netanyahu, has been rapidly pushing plans for building and expanding colonies in the West Bank, including Jerusalem.
On Sunday, December 31, 2017, Netanyahu and his government met and voted unanimously in favor of a resolution that effectively annexes the Israeli colonial settlements constructed on illegally-seized Palestinian lands.
During the discussion before the vote, Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan told the Likud Central Committee, “The time has come to express our Biblical right to the land.”
Erdan then referenced the U.S. President’s December 6th declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, saying that the Israeli government should take advantage of this opportunity to seize permanent control of the land.
2 jan 2018
Israel's Attorney General on Monday issued a decision stating that all new laws from now on will include the West Bank settlements.
Jewish Home party leader, Naftali Bennett, welcomed the Attorney General's decision, as quoted by Madar website, but no further details were disclosed on this decision.
Bennett stressed that they will no longer approve the passage of any law unless it is applied to the West Bank settlers.
For her turn, Israel's Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked hailed the decision and said that the Israelis living in the West Bank are not "second class citizens" and that she will work to develop new measures to make sure that the new legislations will be applied to them too.
This move followed Likud party's vote on Sunday in favor of a draft resolution to annex the West Bank and Jerusalem settlements to Israel.
The vote was held during the general conference of the 3700-member Likud Central Committee and the resolution is expected to be passed to the Knesset for its approval.
Jewish Home party leader, Naftali Bennett, welcomed the Attorney General's decision, as quoted by Madar website, but no further details were disclosed on this decision.
Bennett stressed that they will no longer approve the passage of any law unless it is applied to the West Bank settlers.
For her turn, Israel's Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked hailed the decision and said that the Israelis living in the West Bank are not "second class citizens" and that she will work to develop new measures to make sure that the new legislations will be applied to them too.
This move followed Likud party's vote on Sunday in favor of a draft resolution to annex the West Bank and Jerusalem settlements to Israel.
The vote was held during the general conference of the 3700-member Likud Central Committee and the resolution is expected to be passed to the Knesset for its approval.
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