MK Yoav Kisch (Likud) and MK Betzalel Smotritch (Habayit Hayehudi) have proposed a law, signed on by many other MKs, by which the State would annex Maaleh Adumim and apply Israeli sovereignty and law over the area, equating Maaleh Adumim with the rest of Israel-proper.
Minister Ayelet Shaked said that everyone thinks that this is correct. I would bet that not everyone thinks so, but it is mostly a location that has a broad consensus in agreement that it should and will remain Israeli even if a peace deal should ever be reached in which Israel gives land to the Palestinians.
Shaked further said that this is a n issue that should be on the table and should be open for discussion, both internally among the Israeli people and externally toward the world.
This law, should it pass, will allow Israel to develop Maaleh Adumim further than it has been able to until now.
source: Srugim
Maaleh Adumim deserves it, if any place does. And it is good to see some actual initiation of projects, even if controversial, rather than just reactive behavior and stagnation.
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