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Netanyahu said blocking bill that would undo Oslo Accords, allow settlements in entire West Bank
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The Ministerial Committee for Legislation on Sunday chose not to back a proposed bill to repeal the Oslo Accords on the instructions of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, an Israeli official tells The Times of Israel, adding that Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs told ministers that “this bill requires coordination and cooperation with the Americans.”
“The Government of Israel decided on Sunday not to move forward with the bill proposed by Knesset Member Limor Son Har-Melech, which sought to cancel the Oslo Agreements in order to allow the establishment of settlements in Areas A and B in Judea and Samaria,” the source states, adding that this was “done under the instruction of the PM.”
The Oslo Accords were the US-brokered agreements signed in the 1990s between Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) that created the Palestinian Authority and gave it control over parts of the West Bank.
Neither Har-Melech nor a spokesman for her far-right Otzma Yehudit party respond to requests for comment.
An official summary of Sunday’s committee votes shared with reporters stated that further ministerial deliberations on the matter had been “postponed until the prime minister approves bringing the proposal for discussion.”
Ministers did, however, back a pair of coalition bills creating “a relatively fast planning track” for new settlements and allowing the government to sidestep the need for permits in establishing such settlements “when there is a national strategic need.”
The Times of Israel Community.