Lahav Harkov writes in The Jerusalem Post:
A proposal to regulate the World Zionist Organization Settlement Division’s authority to manage land in Judea and Samaria received the Ministerial Committee for Legislation’s approval Sunday.
The bill is meant to delineate the responsibilities of the Settlement Division, which serves as the government’s construction arm in rural settlements – meaning smaller towns and agricultural villages in the West Bank – in response to court rulings calling its authority into question.
Bayit Yehudi MK Bezalel Smotrich, who proposed the bill, said it “will give the Settlement Division the tools necessary to manage land in rural settlements in Judea and Samaria as efficiently as possible for the good of the residents and without political pressure and legal obstacles.