Government rejects to vote on Amona legalization
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Likud party officials decided to postpone a vote on legalizing the Amona outpost for another week after AG Mendelblit's resistance to the idea.
The postponement comes after Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit asked the Ministerial Committee for Legislation to reject a vote on the bill which would have regulated the eviction of the settlement.
In December 2014, then-Supreme Court President Asher Grunis ruled that homes built in Amona were constructed on private Palestinian land, and shall be demolished within two years. So far, attempts to legalize their status have not borne fruit.
AG Mandelblit stated as early as July that he sees the 'regulation bill' as unconstitutional. In response, Minister of Justice Ayelet Shaked said, "The attorney general does not have veto power over laws. The attorney general (has a relationship with the government that is like) an attorney-client relationship. At the end of the day, the decision-maker should be an elected official."
