Final vote on outpost bill back on for this evening

Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein says the final vote on a bill to legalize West Bank outposts will take place this evening despite an earlier announcement that it would be postponed until tomorrow.

A spokesperson for Edelstein says since the bill was particularly sensitive, the speaker wants to oversee the session and will be on a trip abroad tomorrow.

A Knesset panel on Monday morning approved the final version of the so-called Regulation Bill that would legalize some 4,000 housing units in the West Bank built on privately owned Palestinian land.

Following the meeting, coalition chairman David Bitan said the final vote would not take place today due to an “over-packed schedule.”