Israel's parliament is expected to approve during this Monday a draft law to legalize retroactively 4,000 new housing blocks raised in Israeli settlements in the Palestinian land, private land considered, but that the Attorney General considers unconstitutional.
The passage of this legislation, supported by the government of conservatives and condemned by Palestinians as a blow to hopes for peace and the two-state solution can anyway be symbolic, because that it is contrary to the decisions of the Supreme Court of Israel on property rights. Critics and some legal experts say the bill does not do justice to survive challenges.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected off camera bill, which has received approval in principle by Parliament in November last year, amid international denunciations and speculation in Israel that he will be forgotten in committee.
But the far-right "Jewish Home", part of the ruling coalition that aims to snatch some voters from the traditional base of the "Likud" -it Netanyahu, did his best to restore attention to legislation.
At a time when Netanyahu is under criminal investigation following allegations of abuse of office, and the party "Likud" suffers blow in the polls, Conservative leader threatens to alienate supporters and turf issue "Jewish Home" If you oppose this motion. However, he denies breaking the law.
While the new measure is expected in all likelihood trigger other penalties international against Israeli policies on settlements, remember here that the White House under Obama described the vote in principle two months ago as "disturbing", Netanyahu hopes to get answer "silence" of the Republican president of the United States, Donald Trump.
Israel's announcement last week that the planned 2,500 new homes in the West Bank caused no significant wave of new American administration, whose spokesman said, describing Israel as an "important ally".
The Israeli government seeks parliamentary approval of the bill, despite the Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit described it as unconstitutional and in violation of international law, as long as it allows the expropriation of private land in the territories occupied by Israel during the war in the Middle East 1967.
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