A major step toward land ownership equality was taken as the Ministry of Defense announced plans to annul a longstanding restriction preventing Jews from purchasing land in Judea and Samaria. This move comes alongside a legislative process in the Knesset to abolish the 1953 law that has, until now, barred Jews from acquiring land rights in the area. The proposed changes would allow any Israeli citizen or anyone eligible under the Law of Return to purchase land directly, ending the need for complex legal workarounds. Supporters of the change hailed it as a correction of historical injustice and called for swift passage of the new law.