Jewish settlers march to Jerusalem to protest a plan to remove five settler buildings erected on private Palestinian land.<br/> <br />Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday got legal approval to remove the apartment houses in the Beit El settlement in the occupied West Bank.<br/> <br />Netanyahu proposed that the dwellings be moved to a nearby military zone after a Supreme Court ruling that determined the buildings were constructed illegally and should be demolished.<br/> <br />The plan is opposed by ultranationalist politicians, settlers and their supporters - the Prime Minister's traditional powerbase.<br/> <br />The settlements on occupied land are considered illegal under international law, and one Knesset member said he backed Netanyahu's plan to help Israel's international image.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) KNESSET LAWYER MEIR SHEETRIR:<br/> <br />"We have a big problem in the international arena because of the settlements, which became to be an issue, which are really creating anti-Israeli actions across the world."<br/> <br />Under the proposal, Netanyahu wants to build 300 new housing units in the West Bank in a bid to appease those angered by the removal of the Beit El homes.<br/> <br />Simon Hanna, Reuters.
