The Likud Knesset faction announced an emergency meeting at 4 PM Israel time (10 AM NY Time) Thursday to debate the proposed Arrangements Act compelling Arab claimants to accept market value for their land where a Jewish community has already been established. The new law, if passed, would undoubtedly be struck down by the Supreme Court, which is insisting that claimed land, such as in the case of the Amona community in Samaria, must be returned to its Arab claimant in its original state, with all the hints of Jewish life erased.
The meeting will also discuss the status of the Attorney General, who is both the government’s legal counsel and the head of Israel’s law enforcement agencies. The meeting will discuss what to do in cases when the AG announces his refusal to represent the state before the Supreme Court on legislation which he believes doesn’t stand a chance to be approved by the justices. In other words, as the organizers have phrased it: “Who is the sovereign — the legal counselor or the legislator?”
According to News 0404, 18 heads of municipalities will also attend the meeting. Leaders of the settlement enterprise in Judea and Samaria have expressed fears that a victory for anti-Zionist groups like Peace Now would only embolden them to go after thousands more homes in Judea and Samaria, using the open door policy of the Supreme Court where—unlike every other appeals court in the Western world—a plaintiff need not show personal cause for petitioning the justices.