Israel: Bill On Connecting Illegal West Bank Outposts To Power Grid Fails

A bill led by Israel's opposition that sought to connect illegal outposts in the West Bank to the power grid failed Wednesday afternoon.

Likud Knesset member Yariv Levin put forward the bill; however, it did not receive the support of right-wing coalition factions Yamina and New Hope, subsequently being shot down in its preliminary reading.

Levin said the votes against the legislation were “a new height of shame, cynicism and the breaking of promises by people who don’t even care about the distress of small children," according to The Times of Israel. 

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett voted against the bill, Levin accusing him of “turning a cold shoulder to the children of the young settlements," using a term used by the right to refer to illegal outposts.