Published: 2 January 2016
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Jewish Home [Habayit Hayehudi] party lauds regulation of World Zionist Organization Settlement Division activities; opposition says law aims to fund illegal outposts. [The law aims to circumvent a legal opinion issued by Deputy Attorney-General Dina Zilber in early 2015 that barred all government allocations to the WZO Settlement Division on the grounds that it operates in a legally gray area.]
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And see:
State ignored illegal transfer of land to settlers November 14, 2015
The Israeli Government's twilight zone that helps settle the West Bank – Haaretz 03.03.15
The World Zionist Organisation's Settlement Division, which isn't a government agency, helps the state get around its own laws.
Abolish the World Zionist Organization’s Settlement Division – Haaretz editorial 12.05.15
While meant to engage in rural development throughout Israel, the division instead serves as a tool for sacrificing public funds to the narrow interests of the settler movement.
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