1-3-2017 Far-right Israeli minister plans bill to annex one of biggest settlements- Peter Beaumont The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/03/far-right-israel-minister-naftali-bennett-bill-annex-maale-adumim-settlement-palestinian-territories

Naftali Bennett vows to introduce a bill this month to formally annex Maale Adumim in the occupied Palestinian territories…Bennett's proposal does not tally with Israeli political consensus, with only about a third of voters supporting annexation.  However, his recent success pushing a weakened Netanyahu into supporting another piece of legislation – a proposal to retroactively legalise illegal Jewish outposts built on private Palestinian land – has underlined Bennett's skills in leveraging the right of the country's political debate.

Posted by Judith Ferster, AMIE member

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