The Judea and Samaria Settlement Regulation Law (Hebrew: חוק להסדרת ההתיישבות ביהודה והשומרון), commonly known as the Regulation Law (Hebrew: חוק ההסדרה) or sometimes the Regularization Law, is an Israeli law that aims to retroactively legalize Israeli settlements in the West Bank Area C under the Oslo Accords. It is meant to "regulate" the status of about 2,000[1] to 4,000[2] residences in 16 settlements[3] which were built on Palestinian-owned lands. The Knesset passed the legislation 60 to 52, on February 6, 2017.[4][5] According to the law, the land on which the residences are built will remain that of the legal owners, but their usage will be expropriated by the State. In exchange, the Palestinian owners will be compensated at a rate of 125%, or receive alternate lands (whenever possible).[6] The law is known by some of its critics as the "Expropriation Law" (Hebrew: חוק ההפקעה) due to its land expropriation components.[7] The Israeli occupation of the West Bank is considered a breach of international law,[8] though Israel disputes this.[9]
On 9 June 2020, the Supreme Court of Israel revoked the law, ordering the government to cancel its implementation.[10]
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- ^ "Knesset Passes Historic Law Legalizing 4,000 Settler Homes". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "Israel Passes Provocative Law to Retroactively Legalize Settlements". New York Times. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
- ^ "Regulation Bill passes 2nd and 3rd Knesset readings". Knesset website (Hebrew). Retrieved 6 February 2017.
- ^ "Regulation Bill passes 2nd and 3rd Knesset readings". Ynetnews. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ "What is, in fact, the Regulation Law? (Hebrew)". Mako. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- ^ "Following the Wave of Construction in the Settlements and due to the Expropriation Law, the EU has Postponed the Summit with Israel (Hebrew)". Haaretz. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
- ^ "Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention: Declaration" Foundation for Middle East Peace.
- ^ 'Letter dated 29 January 2004 from the Deputy Director General and Legal Advisor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, together with the Written Statement of the Government of Israel' Archived 5 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine. (PDF) . Retrieved on 2012-01-15.
- ^ Israel’s top court strikes settlement Regulation Law, Al-Monitor, June 10 2020