A lawmaker from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud party is proposing legislation to incorporate Jerusalem bedroom suburbs into the capital, to address issues of sovereignty and demography.

The bill by MK Dan Illouz would see communities in Judea including Mitzpe Jericho, Beitar Illit, Ma’ale Adumim and Efrat, as well as the Gush Etzion Regional Council, and Givat Ze’ev in southern Samaria, incorporated into the new “Jerusalem Metropolis” in which the “law, jurisdiction and administration of the state will apply.”

The initiative would also see suburbs on the way to Tel Aviv such as Beit Zayit and Mevaseret Zion become part of the “Jerusalem Metropolis.”