Congress: 117 · Status: active · Israel/Palestine classification: pro-Israel
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Sponsor: Cruz, Ted (R-Texas)
Israel Sovereignty Reassurance Act of 2021 or ISRA This bill prohibits using funds made available to the Department of State for FY2022 to implement, administer, or enforce any policy that rescinds the U.S. recognition of the Golan Heights as part of Israel.
This bill blocks the State Department from using its 2022 budget to reverse the U.S. recognition of the Golan Heights as Israeli territory. It essentially locks in the Trump administration's 2019 decision to formally recognize Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights, a territory Syria lost to Israel in the 1967 war.
The Golan Heights recognition is internationally contested—most countries and the UN consider it occupied Syrian territory under international law. This bill prevents any future administration from shifting that policy, cementing a major shift in U.S. foreign policy that few other nations have adopted.