The Ministerial Law Committee on Sunday rejected a law proposed by MK Miri Regev (Likud) that would have extended Israeli law to Jewish towns in Judea and Samaria. The law would have ensured that Israeli law applies not only to individuals, as it does now, but to building procedures, which are currently under the authority of the Civil Administration and, ultimately, the Defense Minister.
The law was rejected after an emotional discussion. Justice Minister Ya'akov Ne'eman insisted that the Prime Minister himself approve the law before the ministers did, after an initial vote had taken place. Based on Ne'eman's demand, the ministers asked Regev to shelve her proposal for a month so that the Prime Minister could be consulted, but she refused. As a result, the vote was completed, and the ministers rejected it. Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein on Friday had expressed his opposition to the law.