Rubio, Cruz join forces to move US embassy to Jerusalem

Published January 3, 2017 9:10pm ET



Republican Sens. Marco Rubio, Dean Heller and Ted Cruz are pressing Congress to act on a bill to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a dramatic but symbolic action that also would fulfill a campaign promise President-elect Trump made.

“Jerusalem is the eternal capital of the Jewish state of Israel, and that’s where America’s embassy belongs,” Rubio, a top Trump rival for the GOP presidential nomination before dropping out in March, said in a statement Tuesday. “It’s time for Congress and the president-elect to eliminate the loophole that has allowed presidents in both parties to ignore U.S. law and delay our embassy’s rightful relocation to Jerusalem for over two decades.”

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