Bennett: Regulation Bill legislates that nation cannot occupy its own land

7 December 2016, 10:10 pm

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Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett praises the Regulation Bill, ahead of the Knesset vote, saying the Israeli government is “legislating” for the fact that a “nation cannot be an occupier of its own land.”

The next step is annexing the West Bank settlement of Ma’ale Adumim, he says, to some jeering from the opposition.

Bennett thanks the prime minister, the residents of the Amona outpost and the Peace Now NGO for making the Regulation Bill possible.

In an apparent warning to Amona residents not to violently resist their impending evacuation, the Jewish Home leader says: “No man shall lift a hand to his brother.”

— Marissa Newman