The Israeli Knesset plenum passed on Sunday evening the second and third readings of a bill pushing for speeding up the demolition of Palestinian homes.
A so-called Kaminitiz bill will enable the Israeli forces to demolish Palestinian homes in 1948 Occupied Palestine (Green Line) with greater ease after the Knesset (Israeli parliament) passed the bill.
The law will be brought to final vote on Wednesday.
The law will impose heavy fines legalize confiscation of construction materials impede the construction of Palestinian homes and expedite the demolition of unregulated houses.
Critics called the law “racist” and “biased” because it fails to address the issue of illegal settlement construction in the occupied territories.
MK Abdullah Abu Maaruf told Haaretz the bill was “yet another law that expresses the continued policy of the Netanyahu government of discrimination against Israel’s Arab citizens.”
National and international NGOs regularly report that it is almost impossible to receive a building permit for Palestinians to construct houses across the Green Line.
According to Palestinian sources 50000 homes are threatened with demolition in 1948 Occupied Palestine under the unlicensed construction pretext besides thousands of other homes in Negev.
