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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 373

Regulation Law

Mitzpe Kramim. (Gideon Mermelstein)
August 27, 2020, 9:40 pm
High Court orders razing of outpost homes, but okays legalization of others
Justices approve legal tactic used by AG to legitimize homes built on Palestinian land, but says it can’t apply to Mitzpeh Kramim, because it wasn’t built in good faith
By Jacob Magid
Border Police officers stand guard at an outpost near the Yitzhar settlement on October 24, 2019. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)
June 12, 2020, 6:01 pm
Gantz considers ways to okay wildcat settler homes after court nixes outpost law
Defense chief holds talks with justice minister, other officials on how to legalize houses built with state approval that were later found to be on private Palestinian land
By ToI Staff
Israeli settlers protest the planned eviction of the outpost of Amona, in front of the Israeli parliament, January 30, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
June 9, 2020, 10:20 pm
Right fumes as court overturns outpost law, but some pin hopes on annexation
Gantz says law should never have been passed in the first place, as Likud promises new version; settlements minister calls ruling ‘declaration of war’
By Jacob Magid
Mariam Hammad, of nearby Silwad, points to a piece of land in the West Bank she says belongs to her but was taken by Israelis to build the outpost of Amona, November 2016 (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)
June 9, 2020, 9:04 pm
High Court nixes law aimed at legalizing settler homes built on Palestinian land
In 8-1 ruling that affects some 4,000 homes, judges says 2017 Regulation Law violates property rights of Palestinians, provides preferential treatment to settlers at their expense
By Jacob Magid
A view of the Israeli settlement of Ofra in the central West Bank, with the Palestinian town of Ein Yabrud on the range behind it, on November 17, 2016. (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
January 7, 2020, 12:34 pm
Court gives nod to settlement largely built on private Palestinian land
While legal hurdles still remain, residents of Ofra hope dismissal of petition against master plan will pave way for retroactive regulation of entire town
By Jacob Magid
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit attends a State Control Committee meeting in the Knesset on December 3, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 18, 2018, 9:05 pm
AG urges court to strike Regulation Law, points to new ways to legalize outposts
Mandelblit argues that with new legal mechanism allowing for authorization of 2,000 Israeli homes built on Palestinian land, there’s no need for ‘unconstitutional’ legislation
By Jacob Magid
The West Bank outpost of Havat Gilad, January 10, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 16, 2018, 4:25 pm
Ministers advance bill that would legalize 66 outposts deep in the West Bank
Legislation would give Knesset-appointed committee 2 years to regulate hilltop communities; attorney general warns that proposal carries ‘significant legal problems’
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on December 16, 2018. (Abir Sultan/Pool/AFP)
December 16, 2018, 2:00 pm
Netanyahu says ‘normalization’ with Arab world won’t wait for Palestinians
Prime minister tells Israeli envoys that ties are opening up despite lack of progress in reaching peace deal
By Michael Bachner
Illustrative: A crane lowers a caravan to the ground in a new settlement meant to resettle the evacuees of the illegal Netiv Ha'avot outpost in the Etzion bloc in the West Bank, on May 9, 2018. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
December 16, 2018, 11:23 am
Attorney general announces new settlement legalization process
Move could authorize some 2,000 homes built illegally on Palestinian-owned land, while stymieing more sweeping measures by right-wing lawmakers
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
A view of the Givat Assaf outpost, located near the Jewish settlement of Beit El in the West Bank (photo credit: Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)
December 16, 2018, 12:20 am
Ministers to vote on bill legalizing 66 outposts deep in West Bank
Jewish Home MKs threaten to topple government if committee doesn’t back Regulation Law 2, retroactively authorizing communities built illegally on state land over the Green Line
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a Likud faction meeting at the Knesset on December 10, 2018 (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
December 10, 2018, 5:47 pm
Netanyahu resists calls to legalize Ofra over shooting attack
At faction meeting, PM says Israel will bring terrorists who wounded 7 to justice, says he hopes to get okay for settlement via courts
By Raoul Wootliff, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
A view of the Israeli settlement of Ofra in the central West Bank, with the Palestinian town of Ein Yabrud on the range behind it, on November 17, 2016. (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
December 10, 2018, 10:16 am
Jewish Home calls for legalizing Ofra settlement homes after terror attack
Coalition party and justice minister prod government to regulate status of hundreds of structures in central West Bank town that were built on private Palestinian land
By Jacob Magid
View of the Jewish outpost of Mitzpe Kramim, June 5, 2012. (Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)
August 28, 2018, 10:20 pm
Court okays legalization of West Bank outpost, possibly paving way for more
In precedent setting decision, judges apply ‘market regulation’ tactic to regulate Mitzpe Kramim, where residents were deemed to have built illegally, but in good faith
By Jacob Magid
The West Bank outpost of Havat Gilad, January 10, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 8, 2018, 11:22 pm
State plans to use nation-state law to defend outpost legalization
Attorney defending Regulation Law in High Court says basic law’s encouraging of ‘Jewish settlement’ allows for preferential treatment to wildcat Israeli towns over Palestinian ones
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: The High Court of Justice convenes for a hearing on the Regulation Law, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on June 3, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 3, 2018, 4:45 pm
State: There’s no alternative to outpost legalization law, warts and all
But representative of the attorney general, who opposes the law, says other legal measures should be found to retroactively approve thousands of illegal homes
By Jacob Magid
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