WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and Republican colleagues in introducing a concurrent resolution reaffirming Congress’s position that the United States should be represented by a single diplomatic mission in Jerusalem. The Biden Administration has previously stated its intent to create a consulate general in Jerusalem dedicated to Palestinian affairs, however the Jerusalem Embassy Act, which was enacted into law in 1995, recognizes Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel and states the U.S. embassy to Israel should be in Jerusalem.
“The Biden Administration’s plan to open a Palestinian consulate in Jerusalem could be viewed as a challenge to — Israel’s sovereignty over Jerusalem and Jerusalem’s status as an undivided city,” stated the resolution.
“Congress opposes the establishment of a new Palestinian consulate in Jerusalem,” continued the resolution. “The presence of a United States diplomatic mission devoted to a non-state actor in Israel’s sovereign capital would be an affront to the territorial integrity of a long-standing United States partner and ally.”
Senators Cramer and Lee are joined in this effort by Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Mike Braun (R-IN), Rick Scott (R-FL), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Steve Daines (R-MT), Roger Marshall (R-KS), John Hoeven (R-ND), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and John Boozman (R-AR).
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