The Judea and Samaria Settlement Regulation Law (Hebrew: חוק להסדרת ההתיישבות ביהודה והשומרון), commonly known as the Regulation Law (Hebrew: חוק ההסדרה) or sometimes the Regularization Law, is an Israeli law that aims to retroactively legalize Israeli settlements in the West Bank Area C under the Oslo Accords. It is meant to "regulate" the status of about 2,000[1] to 4,000[2] residences in 16 settlements[3] which were built on Palestinian-owned lands. The Knesset passed the legislation 60 to 52, on February 6, 2017.[4][5] According to the law, the land on which the residences are built will remain that of the legal owners, but their usage will be expropriated by the State. In exchange, the Palestinian owners will be compensated at a rate of 125%, or receive alternate lands (whenever possible).[6] The law is known by some of its critics as the "Expropriation Law" (Hebrew: חוק ההפקעה) due to its land expropriation components.[7] The Israeli occupation of the West Bank is considered a breach of international law,[8] though Israel disputes this.[9]
On 9 June 2020, the Supreme Court of Israel revoked the law, ordering the government to cancel its implementation.[10]