Ministers to vote next week on bill drawing key settlements into Jerusalem

Ministers are scheduled to vote on a bill that calls for expanding the Jerusalem municipal boundaries to include four major settlements and a settlement bloc in the West Bank that are home to over 100,000 Israelis.

The Ministerial Committee for Legislation is scheduled to vote on the so-called “Greater Jerusalem” bill at its coming meeting on Sunday.

Ministers were informed of the agenda on Wednesday morning, the Haaretz daily reports.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has already indicated that he would give his backing for the proposal to absorb Ma’ale Adumim, Beitar Illit and Efrat, along with the Etzion bloc of settlements, into the Jerusalem municipality, while also removing around 100,000 Palestinians from the city’s census.