Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed his ministers at the Knesset to accelerate steps to turn the settlement regularization bill which aims to legalize Israeli outposts and settlements built on Palestinian lands into a law.
According to Israel Hayom newspaper which is run by a friend of Netanyahu Knesset sessions will be held during the current week to vote on the bill.
For its part Haaretz newspaper said that Netanyahu reassured Ofra settlers who live illegally on Palestinian land in Ramallah that his government would push to have the bill passed into a law.
The legislation had already passed its first reading in the Knesset but still needs to pass its second and third readings to become a law.
