The 'emergency regulations' bill has passed into law by the Israeli parliament to extend regulations for illegal Israeli settlers living in the occupied West Bank for another five years
Israeli human rights lawyer Michael Sfard says 'emergency regulations' bill allows authorities in Israel to"exercise powers in the settlements without annexing them de jure."
"The bill proposes to extend by five years the validity of the emergency regulations, which deal with the legal powers of the state authorities in Judea and Samaria [the occupied West Bank]," the statement said. Although legally the occupied West Bank is not part of Israeli sovereign territory, the regulations ensure that settlers living there are treated as if they live in Israel, meanwhile the whole of the Palestinian population in the West Bank are ruled under Israel's military rule which restricts their full freedom, access to land and resources.
According to Human Rights Watch, Israeli authorities try Palestinians charged with crimes in military courts, where they face a conviction rate of nearly 100 percent. By contrast, authorities pass regulations that extend Israeli criminal law on a personal basis to settlers, and grant Israeli courts jurisdiction over them, while authorities have followed a longstanding policy not to prosecute Jewish settlers in military courts.
From 1967 until now, Israel has had military rule over Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories , including East Jerusalem. In the Occupied Palestinian Territories such as the West Bank, Israel subjects Palestinians to military law.
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