Netanyahu prevents annexation measure from coming to a vote
His father must be rolling over in his grave.Prime Minister Netanyahu on Sunday prevented a measure that was designed to impose Israeli law on Jewish towns in Judea and Samaria from coming to a vote before a ministerial legislation committee.
A private bill to impose Israeli law on all Jewish settlements in the West Bank was brought to a vote at the Ministerial Committee on Legislative Affairs on Sunday but was eventually withdrawn after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's intervention.When and where will this country's 'leadership' find courage? Instead, we keep listening to wimps like Dan Meridor.
In practice, the bill means that military rule will not be applied in settlements. Imposing Israeli law on Jewish settlements is de facto annexation of the West Bank. [I think that should say, 'military rule will be applied in settlements. CiJ]
Proposed by MK Miri Regev, the bill was brought to a vote at the Ministerial Committee – a prelude to a Knesset vote.
Five ministers initially voted in favor, including Likud ministers Gideon Sa'ar and Limor Livnat. Minister Benny Begin protested and said, "The government is being forced into a decision which must be left to a specially-designated cabinet meeting."
Justice Minister Yaakov Ne'eman, who chairs the Ministerial Committee, wished to postpone the vote by 15 minutes to consult with the prime minister. Upon his return he said, "I wish to postpone the vote by a month and coordinate the matter with the government and the prime minister. This is a political bill and cannot be passed without such coordination."
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After the ministers realized that Netanyahu wants to postpone the vote and take it off the agenda, nine of them opposed the bill, including Sa'ar and Livnat who said they had originally thought they were voting for a delay in the vote. Five abstained and one – Stas Misezhnikov - voted in favor.
What could go wrong?
Labels: annexation, Benny Begin, Binyamin Netanyahu, Dan Meridor, Judea and Samaria
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 8:49 PM
2 Comments:
It is sad but very predicable that the unity government is merely an excuse for BB to pursue unilateral Sharon/Olmert-style “gestures for peace” that the leftist sell-outs to foreign powers / governments which make up the Israeli establishment would like realise, as if having the blood of many Israelis on their hands is not already enough.
May the day come when the Jewish people get leadership that represent our interests and not those of our enemies as is currently the case both in and outside of Israel.
Hi Carl.
I presume the promise of 'eventual US Support' for a military assault on Iran came with a lot of 'pre conditions' from Obama, not mentioning the Final conditions afterwards.
Support from him will come at a very heavy price, perhaps to heavy to carry.
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