Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prevented Israel's law books from being stained on Wednesday by the retroactive legalization of thefts of land from its Palestinian owners, for the sake of building settlements. Netanyahu forced his cabinet to oppose a bill that would do just that, and his threat to fire anyone who voted for it indeed deterred those ministers and deputy ministers who sympathized with the settlers' struggle. Netanyahu also promised to carry out the High Court of Justice's order and evacuate Beit El's Ulpana neighborhood, thereby upholding the court's honor and preventing unnecessary international complications.
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