ABSTRACT
The Israeli government had strong interests in applying Israeli law to the settlements. Its policy has been one of encouraging settlements, and at the same time it has wanted to continue to exercise control over the settlers as over all other Israelis. There are several methods whereby the Israeli legal system is applied to the settlements in the West Bank and Gaza and to their inhabitants. The bylaws compare the status of those municipalities to those of Israeli municipalities, but go beyond Israeli laws in the municipal framework. The schedules of the bylaws serve not only to extend the jurisdiction of the domestic courts and to compare the rights of settlers to those of Israeli residents, but also to give Israeli administrative officials direct powers over the settlements with regard to the laws mentioned in the schedules. The amendment extended the court‘s jurisdiction and provided for the application of a large number of Israeli laws.
