Because It’s Just and Right by Farley Weiss and Leonard Grunstein examines the political, legal, and historical path that led the United States to formally recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and eventually move the U.S. Embassy there.

The book traces the development of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995, including the role of Senator Jon Kyl, the bipartisan negotiations behind the legislation, and the more than two decades that passed before the embassy move was carried out in 2018. It also explores the authors’ presentation of relevant biblical sources, Jewish history, U.S. and international law, and legal precedents connected to the debate.

Written as both a political history and documentary account, the book focuses on the people, arguments, and legislative process that shaped one of the most consequential U.S. policy decisions involving Jerusalem and U.S.–Israel relations.

For readers interested in American foreign policy, legislative history, Middle East diplomacy, and the legal and historical arguments surrounding Jerusalem, Because It’s Just and Rightprovides a detailed account of how the policy developed and was ultimately implemented