IIA 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. J. RES. 12 

Providing for the recognition of Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel 

before the United States recognizes a Palestinian state, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 25, 2007 

Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself, Mr. SMITH, and Ms. COLLINS) introduced the 

following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

JOINT RESOLUTION 

Providing for the recognition of Jerusalem as the undivided 

capital of Israel before the United States recognizes a 

Palestinian state, and for other purposes. 

1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives

2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This joint resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Jerusalem 

5 Resolution’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress makes the following findings: 

8 (1) Jerusalem has been the capital of the Jew9 ish people for 3,000 years. 


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1 (2) Jerusalem has never been the capital for 

2 any other state other than for the Jewish people. 

3 (3) Jerusalem is central to Judaism and is cited 

4 in the Tanach, the Hebrew Bible, 766 times. 

5 (4) Jerusalem is not mentioned by name in the 

6 Koran. 

7 (5) Every sovereign nation has the right to des8 ignate its own capital. 

9 (6) Jerusalem is the seat of the Government of 

10 Israel, including the President, the parliament, and 

11 the Supreme Court. 

12 (7) United States law states as a matter of 

13 United States policy that Jerusalem should be the 

14 undivided capital of Israel. 

15 (8) Israel is the only country in which the 

16 United States neither maintains an embassy in the 

17 city designated as the capital by the host country 

18 nor recognizes such city as the capital. 

19 (9) The citizens of Israel should be allowed to 

20 worship freely and according to their traditions. 

21 (10) Israel supports religious freedom for all 

22 faiths. 

23 (11) Relocating the United States Embassy in 

24 Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would express the 


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1 continued support of the United States for Israel 

2 and for an undivided Jerusalem. 

3 (12) The year 2007 marks the 40th anniversary 

4 of the reunification of Jerusalem. 

5 SEC. 3. LOCATION OF UNITED STATES EMBASSY IN ISRAEL. 

6 Not later than 180 days before recognizing a Pales7 tinian state, the United States shall move the United 

8 States Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. 

9 SEC. 4. RECOGNITION OF ISRAEL AS UNDIVIDED CAPITAL 

10 OF ISRAEL. 

11 The United States shall not recognize a Palestinian 

12 state until the international community resolves the status 

13 of Jerusalem by recognizing the city as the undivided cap14 ital of Israel. 

15 SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING FREEDOM OF 

16 WORSHIP. 

17 It is the sense of Congress that the citizens of Israel 

18 should be allowed, as a fundamental human right recog19 nized by the United States and United Nations General 

20 Assembly resolution 181 of November 29, 1947, to wor21 ship freely and according to their traditions. 

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