A step closer to annexation in West Bank?

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Published: 3 May 2016

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Shaked revives bid to extend civil law to settlements – Tamar Pileggi – The Times of Israel 02.05.16
Justice minister will ‘prioritise’ controversial legislation to protect Israelis in the West Bank from ‘discriminatory’ martial rule. Critics charge that would advance de facto annexation of territory beyond the Green Line. MK Tzipi Livni (Zionist Union): ‘The right-wing government is quietly beginning the process of annexation in order to impose its ideology. The end result will be the collapse of the two-state idea, the imposition of two completely different legal systems in one country, enormous damge to Israel’s image internationally and, ultimately, 2.5 million Palestinians with the right to vote and a Knesset majority.’
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Ayelet Shaked: Israel's Minister of Annexation – Haaretz Editorial 02.05.16
By applying Israeli law in the West Bank, the Justice Minister's proposal is expected to deepen the apartheid in Israel's code of law between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.

Israeli MKs call again to annex West Bank April 30, 2016