Israeli parliament may vote today on settlement

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel’s government postponed a vote in parliament on Monday on a bill retroactively legalising about 4,000 settler homes built on privately-owned Palestinian land, a measure the attorneygeneral has said is unconstitutional.

The legislation, which is backed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition, had been expected to pass in an evening session, but a filibuster threat from the opposition and discussions over its final wording slowed its progress.

Bezalel Smotrich, a far-right lawmaker who helped draft the bill, said the vote had been postponed and would probably be held on Tuesday. —