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Israeli Panel Recommends State Legalize West Bank Outposts, Says Territory Not Occupied
(AP-Washington Post) A government-appointed committee has recommended that Israel legalize dozens of unsanctioned West Bank settlement outposts, a member of the panel said Monday. The panel of jurists, headed by former Supreme Court Justice Edmond Levy, also concluded that the West Bank is not occupied territory and therefore Israel has the legal right to settle it, according to committee member Alan Baker, a former legal adviser to the Foreign Ministry. Baker said the area is not sovereign territory and therefore, "the actual act of settling the West Bank is not illegal."